BORN HULL 1893. SCULCOATES. ENLISTED HULL. SON OF HENRY & EMMA HUMPHREY -OF 33 SEWART STREET, HEDON ROAD AND 29 LITTLE MASON STREET, HULL.HE WAS SERVING AN APPRENTISHSHIP AS A RIVERTER, AT EARLES SHIPYARD. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, WHEN WAR BEGAN AND WAS WITH THE ORIGINAL BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE. HE WAS WOUNDED AT THE SOMME ON 1ST JULY 1916. HE RETURNED TO FRANCE IN JANUARY 1917. WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 23/04/1917, AGED 24. HE WAS A DEVOTED SON AND LIVED WITH HIS WIDOWED MOTHER AT 29 LITTLE MASON STREET, HULL.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 09/05/1917. *
First name:
SIDNEY
Military Number:
203082
Rank:
Corporal
Date Died
23/04/1917
Place died:
Wancourt British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
24
