BORN HULL 1897. SON OF JAMES & FRANCES REDMAN, AT 8, BROOKLYN STREET, HULL. HE LIVED WITH SISTER ZELMA MAY RHODES AT 6, FARNLEY SQUARE, ELLA STREET. A JOINER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 8.5 INCHES TALL, 166 LBS WEIGHT, 37 INCH CHEST, A HEART TATTOO ON HIS LEFT FOREARM. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 10/07/1916. EX 26442 EYR. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 16/03/1917. TRANSFERRED TO THE 214TH MACHINE GUN COMPANY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 29/09/1917, AGED 20. COMMEMORATED AT THE TYNE COT MEMORIAL. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, FRANCES. HE LEFT AN OLDER BROTHER CHARLES, AND SISTERS, ZELMA AND ELSIE.
| Name | Sidney Redman |
|---|---|
| Birth Place | Hull, 1897 |
| Death Date | 29 Sep 1917 |
| Death Place | Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium |
| Enlistment Place | Hull |
| Rank | Private |
| Regiment | Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), 214th Company |
| Battalion | (Infantry) |
| Regimental Number | 64222 |
| Type of Casualty | Killed in action |
| Theatre of War | Western European Theatre |
| Comments | Formerly 26442, E. Yorks Regt. |
First name:
SIDNEY
Military Number:
64222
Rank:
Private
Date Died
29/09/1917
Place died:
Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
19
