Fawcett, Sidney

BORN HULL 1899. SON OF CLARA FAWCETT OF 191, COLTMAN STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). ONE OF TWELVE CHILDREN. HE WAS MEMBER OF THE 1ST HULL SCOUT’S TROOP.

HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 10TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 22/09/1917, AGED 18.

HIS NAME IS LISTED ON HULL’S HYMER COLLEGE MEMORIAL.

HE IS BURIED AT LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “JESUS ALL PITYING, JESUS BLESS, GRANT HIM THINE ETERNAL REST”


First name:
SIDNEY
Military Number:
38433
Rank:
Private
Date Died
22/09/1917
Place died:
Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, West-Vlaaderen, Belgium
Age:
20
191, COLTMAN STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK