Pte
Sidney Alfred Roberts
Information about birth
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Date of birth: 07/03/1897 |
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Place of birth: Upper Gornal, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom |
General information
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Profession: Coal miner |
Army information
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Country: England, United Kingdom |
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Force: British Expeditionary Force |
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Rank: Private |
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Service number: 242521 |
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Enlistment place: Rotherham, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom |
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Units: — York & Lancaster Regiment, 1/5th Bn. (Last known unit) |
Information about death
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Date of death: 09/10/1917 |
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Place of death: Marsh Bottom, Passchendaele, Belgium |
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Cause of death: Killed in action (K.I.A.) |
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Age: 20 |
Memorial
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Tyne Cot Memorial Panel: 127A |
Distinctions and medals 2
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British War Medal Medal |
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Victory Medal Medal |
Points of interest 3
| #1 | Place of birth | ||
| #2 | Enlistment place | ||
| #3 | Place of death (approximate) |
My story
We believe that Private Sidney Alfred Roberts fell victim to the German machine gun fire, sniper fire or German shelling in the waterlogged plain, around the stream of the Ravenbeek, stretching from their positions at Waterloo and Berlin Wood to Marsh Bottom and the line along the slope.
Sources 2
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1/5 Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment (The National Archives, KEW (TNA), WO 95/2805/2). https://nationalarchives.gov.uk Further reference |
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McCarthy C., The Third Ypres Passchendaele. The Day-by-Day Account (London, Arms & Armour Press, 1995) pg. 107-108. Sources used |
More information 3
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Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/830941 |
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Namenlijst (In Flanders Fields Museum) https://namenlijst.org/publicsearch/#/person/_id=e7e1c75b-d2e8-4134-8038-a47f871b37e4 |
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Lives of the First World War (Imperial War Museum) https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/3770445 |