Basic Details
Surname
Siddall
Forenames
R W
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Notes
Hornshaw and Fowler provide the details. He joined the school in 1906 and enlisted in August 1914. However, he was admitted to Beckett's Hospital in Leeds with a weak heart and, when discharged, was assigned to the York Records Office as a Sergeant. He relinquished this rank in April 1918but was killed by shellfire on his first day at the front, sadly also the same day his younger brother, Douglas Hamblett Siddall, was also killed.
Primary Service
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Country of burial
France
Town of burial
Bienvilliers
Cemetery
British Military Cemetery
Year of death
1918
Month of death
April
Day of death
11
Age at death
23
Manner of death as stated
UNKNOWN
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action