Name
Sidney Herbert Jennings
1889
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
16/08/1917
28
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
TF201503
Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regiment)
1st/7th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
TYNE COT CEMETERY
LI. E. 7.
Belgium
Headstone Inscription
THE LORD GAVE THE LORD HATH TAKEN AWAY
UK & Other Memorials
Bishop's Stortford Town Memorial, All Saints Church Memorial, Hockerill, All Saints Church Memorial Board, Hockerill
Pre War
Sidney Herbert Jennings was born in 1889 in Bishop's Stortford (baptised on 28 Dec 1889 at Holy Trinity, Bishop's Stortford) to Arthur Jennings, a Maltster’s labourer, and Mary Ann (nee Miller).
On the 1891 the family of parents, Elizabeth (born 1883), Louisa A (born 1885), Arthur H (born 1886), Hannah (born 1888) and Sydney were living at Middle Row, Bishop's Stortford.
On the 1901 Census the family of parents, Louisa, Arthur H, Hannah, Sydney, Alexander Edward (born 1890), William J (born 1892) Reginald (born 1894), Percy (born 1895), Ellen Mary (born 1897) and Cecil (born 1900) were still living at Middle Row, Bishop's Stortford, where his father was a maltmaker.
On the 1911 Census Sydney was living with his sister and brother in law, Louisa and Henry Leigh and their young family, at 24 Stafford Road, Kilburn, Willesden, NW London, and working as a Butcher's Assistant. Their parents were living at 71 South Mills, Bishops Stortford with Hannah, William J, Reginald, Percy and Cecil.
Wartime Service
Sidney enlisted on 26 Apr 1915 at Hornsey, Middlesex as a Territorial Soldier, Private 4584 in the 7th Battalion, Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regiment), He gave his address on enlistment as 13 Ida Road, West Green, Tottenham and asked later for a proportion of his pay to be paid to his sister Louisa. On 1 Jun 1915 he was posted to 3/7 Battalion for training and on 30 Aug 1916 was posted to 1/7 Battalion, (which had been in France since Mar 1915) landing in France on 2 Sep 1916. In Feb 1916 1/7 Battalion became part of 167 Brigade, 56 (London) Division and took part in some of the later Battles of the Somme (1916), and also Arras 1917. Sidney received his service Number of 201503 in the general re-numbering of the Territorial Force in 1917.
William was reported as missing during action at the Battle of Langemarck (part of the Third Battle of Ypres) on 16 Aug 1917, and was accepted as having died on that day. (His remains later recovered and reinterred).
Also served under Reg. No. 4584, Middlesex Regt. He and his younger brother William served in the same battalion of the Middlesex Regiment. It is probable that they enlisted at the same time as they both enlisted at Hornsey and their service numbers are close.
Additional Information
Sidney (4584) and his younger brother William (4593) served in the same battalion of the Middlesex Regiment. It is probable that they enlisted at the same time as they both enlisted at Hornsey and their service numbers are close. William James Jennings was killed in action in Nov 1916.
His mother Mary Ann received a War Gratuity of £7 and arrears £5 11s. She also received a pension of 10 shillings a week for Sidney and his brother William, payable from 6 Nov 1918. Brother to William James Jennings also named on the Bishop's Stortford Memorial, who died in November 1916.
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer, Neil Cooper
