Basic Details
Surname
Smith
Forenames
Sidney A
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative forename
Sydney Alfred
Served or died
Died
Service number
14631
Notes
The Roll lists his address as 157 Alderman's Drive . It inaccurately states that he died on 23/4/1915.

(CWGC records that Private Sydney Alfred Smith, regimental number 14631, died aged 24 on 27/4/1915 serving in 4th Battalion The King's Liverpool Regiment, and is commemorated on Ypres Menin Gate Memorial in Belgium. They record him as the son of Helen Smith of 157 Alderman Drive, Peterborough, and the late Alfred Smith. Soldiers Died in the Great War records him as Sydney Alfred Smith, who it describes as a native of Peterborough who enlisted at St Helen's, Lancs, and died on 27/4/1915. The Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects record that Sydney died on 27/4/1915 and that his mother Helen was his legatee. The Army service record of Sidney Alfred Smith records that he was aged 24 when he enlisted on 3/9/1914, that he was sent to France on 4/3/1915, and that he was killed in action on 27/4/1915. The birth of Sydney Alfred Smith was registered in Peterborough District in 1890. On the 1911 census he was living with his parents Alfred and Helen at 157 Alderman' Drive, Peterborough. Sydney is commemorated on the headstone of his mother in Broadway Cemetery in Peterborough- see WMR ref 70048. The inscription records his date of death as 27/4/1915).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
King`s Liverpools
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
Not stated on memorial
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Pte
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Town of death
Not stated
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1915
Month of death
April
Day of death
23
Manner of death as stated
"Killed in action 23 April 1915 [sic] in France"
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action
Personal Details
Address
157 ALDERMANS DRIVE
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial