Shipley, Sidney

BORN WETWANG, DRIFFIELD, 1890. A HULL POLICEMAN, SERVING WITH HULL’S GORDON STREET DIVISION FOR THREE YEARS. HE WAS HIGHLY RESPECTED.

HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 4608 EAST YORKHIRE REGIMENT. HE TRANSFERRED TO THE 29TH DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 14/10/1918, AGED 28. HE LEFT WIDOW & TWO CHILDREN, AT 7, CALTHORPE GARDENS, NEWINGTON STREET, HULL.

HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE ST JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH MEMORIAL, NEWINGTON, HULL.

HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH ON THE 22ND OCTOBER 1918. *


First name:
SIDNEY
Military Number:
205457
Rank:
Private
Date Died
14/10/1918
Place died:
Hazebrouck Communal Cemetery, Nord, France
Age:
28
7, CALTHORPE GARDENS, NEWINGTON STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom