BORN HULL 1899. KNOWN AS ‘SID’. SON OF JAMES LEWIS (1872-1927) & JANET FERGURSON EDGAR (1872-1934), OF 14 SPRING GARDENS, HAWTHORN AVENUE, HULL (1911 CENSUS), 14, MARSHALL STREET, HULL & 35 BRIGHTON STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESSES). HIS FATHER WAS A SEAMAN AND MEMBER OF THE ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE. HE HAD SIX BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER, BEATRICE.
HIS 19, BRIGHTON STREET ADDRESS WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL.
HE ENLISTED AT BEVERLEY. SERVED WITH THE 6TH YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 25TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS (2ND TYNSIDE IRISH). DIED OF WOUNDS AT HOME ON 30/04/1918, AGED 19.
BURIED IN HULL WESTERN CEMETERY.
HIS NAME IS LISTED ON ST MARY’S CHURCH, LOWGATE MEMORIAL.
First name:
SYDNEY
Military Number:
43959, 64615
Rank:
Private
Date Died
30/04/1918
Place died:
Hull Western Cemetery, East Yorkshire, UK
Age:
19
