Sidey Cyril Spencer Private 6208428
Personnel Entry
Name Sidey Cyril Spencer
Army number 6208428
Rank Private
Decorations Not known
Date of birth 4/10/1906 St Paul, Deptford, London. Baptised on 9/12/1906 t Christ Church, Erith, Kent.
Age 37 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in the Middlesex Regiment. Posted to the 2nd Battalion, Princess Louise's Kensington Regiment. Killed in Action 25/7/1944.
Company/Battery Not yet confirmed.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Not known
Joined Brigade Not yet known
Promotions None as far as is known
Wounded Not as far as is known.
Prisoner of War Not as far as is known.
Died/Killed in action Killed in Action 25/7/1944. Interred initially near Touffreville, map reference 129702, then re-buried on 17/8/1945 in Grave V. A. 17 Banneville la Campagne War Cemetery. Headstone inscription - "LOVED IN LIFE, TREASURED IN DEATH, BEAUTIFUL MEMORIES ARE ALL WE HAVE LEFT".
Home address Son of John William and Caroline Matilda Sidey; husband of Winifred Alice Sidey, of Leytonstone, Essex. Appeared on 1911 Census in St Paul, Deptford, London. Appeared in Electoral Registers from 1928 to 1938 at 13, Drakefell Road, SE 14, London. Married Winifred A Whilock Q3 1938 At Deptford. Probate granted 23/9/1944 to widow by Llandudno Registry. Address for his widow given as 21 Fladgate Road, London E11.
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