Année de naissance: 1888

Lieu de naissance: Halstead, Essex, Angleterre, Royaume-Uni

Profession: ouvrier journalier

Pays: Angleterre, Royaume-Uni

Force armée: British Expeditionary Force

Rang: Private

Numéro de service: 51518

Incorporation date: 00/00/1914

Incorporation nom de lieu: Chelmsford, Essex, Angleterre, Royaume-Uni

Unités:  —  Manchester Regiment, 21st Bn. (6th City)  (Dernière unité connue)

Date de décès: 24/10/1917

Lieu de décès: Tower Hamlets, Geluveld, Belgique

Cause du décès: Missing in action

Âge: 29

1914-15 Star Médaille

British War Medal Médaille

Victory Medal Médaille

Private Sydney James Rulton, a farm labourer of Little Yeldham, Essex, served in the 21th Battalion Manchester Regiment (91th Brigade, 7th Division). He was married to Florence Gertrude Moore and had two daughters and two sons.

On the 24 October 1917 Sydney’s left Little Kemmel Camp and marched to La Clytte, Lock 8. From here they proceeded to the frontline at Tower Hamlets. The 29-year-old was killed in action on 24 October 1917. Sydney may have been killed while his Battalion took over the frontlinepositions at Tower Hamlets. Sydney James Rulton was reported missing and presumed death. His name can be found on the Memorial of the Missing at Tyne Cot Cemetery.

"Manchester Pals, A History of the Two Manchester Brigades", Stedman M., Leo Cooper London, sd, page 182 Sources utilisées

"Passchendaele, The Day-by Day Account", McCarthy C., Uniform, 2018, page 140 - 141 Sources utilisées

Ancestry https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/categories/uk_wwi_collections/?name=Sydney+James_Rulton&f-F0007E0F=ManchesterRegiment&f-F8007A65=51518 Autre référence

CWGC https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/828398/rulton,-sydney-james/ Sources utilisées

The Long Long Trail https://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/ Sources utilisées

War Diary http://www.nmarchive.com/view-diary/n20c95/1668-1208/1587490 Autre référence