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Luke Lyle

Played by Richard Riddell

Fact title Fact data
Date of birth
2 November 1893
Place of birth
Tynemouth
Age at outbreak of WW1
20
Occupation
Trainee journalist

Luke is an aspiring writer working as a journalist for the local paper and living in Tynemouth with proud parents Robert and Joyce.

Disabled by Polio as a child, Luke won't be signing up but longs to tell the bigger stories of the war. When he befriends one of the female “scavengers” whilst reporting on the scheme, it soon becomes clear that the match is not a suitable one.