Name
Sidney Roland Williams
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
12/01/1915
18
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
5029
Border Regiment
3rd Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
SOUTHEND-ON-SEA (SUTTON ROAD) CEMETERY
Row A, Grave 1565.
United Kingdom
UK & Other Memorials
Watford Borough Roll of Honour,
St Mary's Parish Church Memorial, Watford
Pre War
Son of William Frederick and Kate Elizabeth (nee COOK) WILLIAMS of Watford.
His parents married 1895 in the Aylesbury, Bucks, district. William died 1935 in Watford aged 71, and was buried 10 April in Vicarage Road Cemetery, Watford; Kate died 1949 in Watford aged 80, and was buried 12 November, also in Vicarage Road Cemetery.
Sidney was born 1896 in Watford, and resided in Watford.
On the 1901 Census, aged 4 he lived in Watford, with his parents and two siblings. On the 1911 Census, a draper’s errand boy aged 14, he still lived in Watford, with his parents and three siblings.
Wartime Service
He enlisted in London; appears to have no medals, and died at Southend-on-Sea of appendicitis.
Additional Information
Unfortunately, Sidney’s Service Record appears to be one that did not survive the World War Two bombing.
Acknowledgments
Sue Carter (Research) and Watford Museum (ROH on line via www.ourwatfordhistory.org.uk)
