Appleby, Sidney Derrick –

Son of James, former Postmaster of Bolton, and Miriam Appleby, of The Bungalow, Haywood Road, Mapperley, Nottingham. An old boy of Bolton Grammar School. Worked for Bradshaw, Gass and Hope. Enlisted February 1915. Formerly Public School’s Bn., Royal Fusiliers. Commissioned 1916. Attached 8th Bn., Loyal North Lancashire Regiment.

Personal details

  • Surname: Appleby
  • Forename: Sidney Derrick
  • Date of birth: Not known
  • Birth place: Not known
  • Place of residence: Bolton, Lancashire
  • Gender: Male
  • Age of death: 25
  • Place of death: Not known
  • Date of death: July 18th, 1917
  • Casualty type: Not known

Service details

  • Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Unit: 11th (Reserve) Battalion.
  • Service number: Not known
  • Regiment: Not known
  • Enlistment date: Not known
  • Enlistment location: Not known
  • Conflict: Not known

Decorations

  • Service medals: St / V / BW
  • Silver War badge: Not known
  • Awards: Not known

Memorials

  • CWGC Memorial: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
  • CWGC reference: Panel 41 and 43.

Local newspaper entries

  • Bolton Journal and Guardian entries: 01/09/1916 10/08/1917 07/12/1917
  • Bolton Journal and Guardian references: 6f 6b* S17*
  • Bolton Chronicle: 10/08/1917

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