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The Roll lists his address as Cambridge Villa, St Paul's Road.
(CWGC records that Private Sidney William Titman, regimental number 31028, died aged 25 on 13/4/1918 serving in 1st Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment, and is buried in grave XXIX.B.11 at Etaples Military Cemetery in France. They record him as the son of William and Caroline Titman of Peterborough, Northamptonshire.
His birth was registered as Sydney William Titman in Peterborough District in 1892. The Baptism register of Glinton Church records that he was baptised on 10/7/1892 as Sydney William, son of Caroline and William Titman of New England, Peterborough; his date of birth was recorded on the register as 17/5/1892. On the 1911 census he was living with his parents at 35 Crown Street, New England, Peterborough.
The Army service record of Sydney William Titman records that he was living at 35 Crown Street, New England, Peterborough when he enlisted as a Private in the Northamptonshire Regiment on 23/2/1916. He gave his next of kin as his father William of the same address. Sydney was initially assigned to the 3/4th Battalion under regimental number 5397. He was appointed as Acting Lance Corporal on 22/9/1916. He was posted to France with the 1st Battalion as an Acting Lance Corporal on 28/11/1916, at which time his regimental number changed to 31028. On 21/12/1916 he reverted to Private. He was again appointed as Lance Corporal from 10/11/1917, reverting to Private on 1/4/1918. On 10/4/1918 he sustained gunshot wounds to his back. He died of his wounds at 24 General Hospital in Etaples on 13/4/1918).