Name
Sidney Samuel Bloomfield
28/06/1881
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
09/04/1918
37
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
235012
King's (Liverpool Regiment)
5th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
LOOS MEMORIAL
Panel 27-30
France
Headstone Inscription
He has no Headstone. He is commemorated on the Loos Memorial to the missing in France.
UK & Other Memorials
Goffs Oak Memorial, Goff's Oak Street Name, Cheshunt Town Memorial, All Saints Church Newton Green, Roll of Honour
Pre War
Sidney Samuel Bloomfield was born in Ampton, Suffolk, on 28 June 1881, son of Nathan Bloomfield a, Gamekeeper and Mary Ann Bloomfield (nee Rawlinson).
Baptised in the Parish Church, in September 1881.
1891 Census records Sidney aged 9, a scholar and boarding with Schoolmaster Frederick Vince and his wife Anna and their family at, School House, Thingoe, Suffolk. The family had two other schoolers boarding with them. His parents, brothers Robert (12), Edward (3) and sister Florence (6), are living in Rowley, Babraham, Cambs.
In 1901 Census records Sidney aged 19, working as a Groom/Gardener, boarding with widow Miriam Pawsey in, Church Street, Hundon, Suffolk. His parents, and three siblings are now living in, California Cottages, Goff’s Oak, Herts.
On 12 April 1904, Sidney married Lavinia Kate Medcalf (known as Kate), in Hundon Parish Church, Suffolk.
1911 Census records Sidney married to Lavinia, they have three children, Walter (6), Annie (4) and Edward 10 months), living in Newton Green, near Sudbury, Suffolk, still employed as a Groom/Gardener. His father and brother Edward are recorded as still living in Goff’s Oak, Herts.
Wartime Service
Sidney enlisted at Bury St. Edmonds, Suffolk, initially with the Suffolk Regiment with the service number 19852, later transferred to “The Kings” (Liverpool Regiment) with the service number 235012.
He was killed in action on 9 April 1918, at the Battle of Estaires, (9 to 11 April 1918). He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Loos Memorial to the missing in France.
Additional Information
Sidney’s connection to Cheshunt and Goff’s Oak is through his parents and siblings, who lived in Goff’s Oak. Lavinia received a widow’s pension of 29/7 a week for herself and the three children from 11 November 1918. In June 1997 Broxbourne Borough Council received a suggestion from the Chairman of Goff’s Oak Community Association to name roads to commemorate the men who lost their lives in the two world wars who are displayed on the Goff’s Oak War Memorial. It was decided that these names should be used for the large development in Hammond Street Road, this soldier has one of the surnames chosen "Bloomfield Road" – the reason for the names selected (as opposed to others) is not known.
Acknowledgments
Stuart Osborne
Brian Lodge
