Sydney, Edward –

Son of Hannah Sydney, of 50, Beverley Road, Bolton, Lancashire, and the late Sidney Halton Sydney. An old boy of Bolton Municipal Secondary School. Formerly employed by the Bolton Libraries. Enlisted October 1914. Formerly Private 17489, 15th Bn., Royal Scots. Commissioned 25/07/1917. Wounded.

Personal details

  • Surname: Sydney
  • Forename: Edward
  • Date of birth: Not known
  • Birth place: Bolton, Lancashire
  • Place of residence: Leeds, Yorkshire
  • Gender: Male
  • Age of death: Not known
  • Place of death: Not known
  • Date of death: Not known
  • Casualty type: Not known

Service details

  • Rank: Lieutenant
  • Unit: Not known
  • Service number: Not known
  • Regiment: Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
  • Enlistment date: Not known
  • Enlistment location: Not known
  • Conflict: WW1

Decorations

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

Memorials

  • CWGC Memorial: Not known
  • CWGC reference: Not known

Local newspaper entries

  • Bolton Journal and Guardian entries: 24/12/1914 14/07/1916
  • Bolton Journal and Guardian references: 7d 6d

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