BORN HULL 31/10/1885. HULL PAL. SON OF JOSEPH SYPH (1848-1928) & EMMA SAVAGE 91849-1930), AT 1 MARSH STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD ONE BROTHER AND TWO SISTERS. EDUCATED AT CHARTERHOUSE LANE SCHOOL, HULL. HE WAS UNMARRIED AND LIVED WITH HIS PARENTS HE WAS A OIL MILLER AT MESSRS LEE SMITH & CO, WINCOLMLEE.
HE ENLISTED IN NOVEMBER 1914. SERVED IN EGYPT AND PALESTINE FROM DECEMBER 1915. PROCEEDED TO FRANCE IN MARCH 1916. HE WAS REPORTED MISSING, AT SERRE, ON THE 13TH NOVEMBER 1916 AND LATER CONFIRMED KILLED. HE WAS AGED 31 AND UNMARRIED. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE THEIPVAL MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING.
HIS NAME WAS LISTED ON THE SCOTT STREET ROLL OF HONOUR (PUBLISHED IN THE HDM ON 09/09/1915). HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON THE 15TH DECEMBER 1917, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. *
HE IS ALSO LISTED IN THE DE RUVIGNY ROLL OF HONOUR.
