Name
Sidney Goss Mullock
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
12/04/1917
35
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Lieutenant Colonel
Essex Regiment
2nd Bn. (Commanding)
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Mentioned in Despatches
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
HERVIN FARM BRITISH CEMETERY, ST. LAURENT-BLANGY
C. 8.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Haileybury College Cloister Wall Memorial, Hertford Heath
Memorial Screen to Past Pupils in the Chapel, Haileybury College
Kelvedon Hatch Memorial, Essex
Pre War
Born on 27 Dec 1881 in Newport, Monmouthshire son of William and Martha Emily (Goss) Mullock. Educated at Haileybury College 1896-98. He married Margaret Maud Bavin in 1909 in Blofield, Norfolk and they lived in Cwybran, Monmouthshire in 1911.
Wartime Service
He had served in the South African War. He entered France in 1914 and was badly wounded at the Battle of the Aisne and invalided home. After his return he was appointed Captain and Adjutant of the West Ham Battalion (13th Essex) during its formation period. He was promoted to Major and then became Commanding Officer of the 2nd Essex. He was killed while returning from a C.O.s conference at Fampoux near Arras.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Karen Smith - Acting Director of External Relations www.haileybury.com/honour
