Source: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland.
He was the son of Edwin Feltham Bull a solicitors clerk, born 1862 in Leicester and his wife Annie Elizabeth, born 1862 in Leicester. Sidney Feltham Bull was born in 1889 in Leicester, his siblings were, Gladys Ethel, born 1895, Irene Ashby Bull, born 1897 and Stanley William, born 1899, all his siblings were born in Syston, Leics., in March 1901 the family home was at Oak Dene, 22, Wentworth Road, Leicester. In April 1911 Sidney was employed as an education clerk and was residing in the family home at “Harewood”, Rothley, Leics., together with his father, now a clerk of law, his mother and siblings, Gladys, Irene and Stanley. The family address later changed to Station Road, Wigston Magna, Leics. On the 31st January 1920 the Wyggeston Grammar School for Boys in Leicester published a Roll of Honour, Sidney is recorded as having been a pupil at the school between the years 1901 and 1906. Sidney had been a Clerk and Book Keeper before enlistment. Extracts taken from his enlistment documents are as follows, he was 5 foot 4 ¾ inches in height, he weighed 116 pounds, and had a chest measurement of 30 to 33 inches, he had a fair complexion, with blue eyes and fair hair, he gave his religion as Methodist. His next of kin details were changed from his parents to his wife Mrs Margaret Isabella (Peggy) Bull, at a c/o address, Thompson Street, Forest Hill, Canterbury, New South Wales, Australia. Later reference is made to an Isabella Bull (his wife) in correspondence between the Australian Military authorities who appear not to be able to communicate with his wife, the addresses given are c/o Mrs Caulder, 53, Palmer Street, Ftizroy, Melbourne and c/o Mrs A. C. Lisle, Thompson Street, Forest Hill, Canterbury, Sydney. Eventually contact is made but the address is now shown as 63, Boundary Street, Darlinghurst, New South Wales, and a Pension of £2.00 per fortnight was awarded to his widow at this address effective from the 13th December 1917. In 1922 the address changes yet again to 10, Belmore Street, Surry Hills, Sydney, New South Wales. Sidney’s service records are also complicated and show that after initial enlistment he embarked from Sydney on the transport ship A40 “Ceramic” on the 25th June 1915 bound for Gallipoli, and whilst there was taken ill on the 20th August 1915, with the result that on the 14th October 1915 he was evacuated back to Australia sailing on the Hospital ship “Wandilla” and after a lengthy stay in hospital was medically discharged from the army on the 10th May 1916, the reason given as Debility after Dysentery and Gastritis. He is later shown as re-enlisting in Sydney, New South Wales on the 30th May 1916, and embarked from Sydney aboard A11 “Ascanius” on the 25th October 1916, disembarking in Devonport, England on the 28th December. On the 29th December he transferred to Rollestone where he remained until he proceeded to Etaples, France via Folkestone on the 20th March 1917, where he was taken on the strength of the 19th Battalion on the 28th March. He was wounded in action on the 15th April and admitted to the 9th Casualty Clearing Station with shell wounds to both knees. Being then transferred to the 12th General Hospital at Rouen via Ambulance Train on the 17th April, and on the 14th May he was transferred to No.2 Convalescent Depot. On the 28th May he was discharged back to the Base Depot. He rejoined his Battalion on the 21st June, and again was wounded in action on the 20th September suffering from a gun shot penetration wound to his back, and left arm fractured, he was evacuated to the 3rd Canadian Casualty Clearing Station, and then transferred by Ambulance Train on the 25th September to the No. 2 Canadian General Hospital being received on the 26th September, he subsequently died from these wounds on the 9th October 1917.