BORN HULL 1891. SON OF THOMAS HENRY ELVIN & LILLIAN ALICE MARY ELVIN (1860-1931), OF 30 PEMBERTON STREET, HULL AND 700 HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL. HE HAD ONE BROTHER AND ONE SISTER. EMPLOYED AS A MERCHANTS CLERK. ENLISTED HULL. A FORMER PRIVATE IN THE EAST RIDING YEOMANRY. POSTED TO FRANCE ON 11/05/1917. PROMOTED TO SECOND LIEUTENANT, “C” COMPANY, THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS ON 13/04/1918, AGED 27. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON ST MARY’S CHURCH, LOWGATE. HIS NAME IS ALSO RECORDED ON THE HULL GRAMMAR SCHOOL WW1 MEMORIAL. THIS ADDRESS IS FROM THE HDM 14/04//1919.
HE IS BURIED AT AIRE COMMUNAL CEMETERY, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “SON OF THOMAS HENRY ELVIN AND LILLIA ALICE MARY ELVIN HULL, ENGLAND”
First name:
SYDNEY JAMES
Rank:
2nd Lieutenant
Date Died
13/04/1918
Place died:
AIRE COMMUNAL CEMETERY, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE.
Age:
27
700 , HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Place Buried
