Other Information:Sydney entered the war in France on 19th August 1914. According to the war diary, at 4 a.m. on 15th September 1914 the unit marched to Oeuilly, where they set up a farm as a hospital. The farm, however, was shelled and it became necessary to evacuate it. Sydney was killed outside the farm by shrapnel. He was the husband of Emily J Caunt (formerly Portlock) of 1/90 Little Green Lane, Small Heath, Birmingham.
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