Private Sidney Walton, 23500
- Batt - 11
- Unit - Leicestershire Regiment
- Section -
- Date of Birth -
- Died - 30/11/1916
- Age -
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ContributeSource: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland. The War Diary entry for the 30th November 1916 records. BETHUNE. At 9.00am “A” Company worked on communication trenches and emplacements near the BRICKSTACKS. At 12.30pm “B” Company worked on RESERVE LINE in 14 BIS SECTION. 10 men sent to the Field Ambulance sick. At 1.00pm “D” Company worked in GUNNERS SIDINGS (Map Reference A.15.a.4.8. LA BASSEE 1/10000). 2 men were killed and 2 men wounded by shell which fell in the trench.
Leicestershire Project Findings
- Conflict - World War I
- Burial Place - Viii G 20, Brown's Road Military Cemetery, Festubert
Research from Michael Doyle's Their Name Liveth For Evermore
- Unit - Leicestershire Regiment
- Cause of death - KILLED IN ACTION
- Burial Commemoration - Brown's Road Mil. Cem., Festubert, France
- Born - Ashby Magna, Leics
- Enlisted - Leicester
- Place of Residence - Ashby Magna, Leicestershire, England
- Memorial - ST. MARY'S CHURCH, ASHBY MAGNA, LEICS
