PRIDDY, SIDNEY F.

 

Source

CWGC

SDGW

Uttoxeter Advertiser

Other

Parents

 

 

 

 

 

Where born

Hebburn-on-Tyne

 

 

1a

7

When born

Hebburn, Durham

 

Yes

 

 

Address

Wife after remarrying: 36, Bradley Street

Yes

 

 

7

Spouse

Mrs. D. E. Middleton (formerly Priddy)

Yes

 

 

7

Children

 

 

 

 

 

Employment Before Joining up

 

 

 

 

 

Where enlisted

Hebburn, Durham

 

Yes

 

 

Hebburn-on-Tyne

 

 

 

7

Regiment

Formerly 62636, R. D. C.

 

Yes

 

7

Northumberland Fusiliers

Yes

Yes

1a

3, 7

Unit

22nd (Tyneside Scottish) Bn.

Yes

Yes

 

 

22nd (S) Bn

 

 

 

7

Rank

Private

Yes

Yes

1a, 1b

3

Service Number

87579

Yes

Yes

 

3, 7

Date of Death

8 September 1918

Yes

Yes

1a, 1b

7

Age at time of death

 

 

 

 

 

Where Killed or died

France/Flanders

 

Yes

 

 

Pas de Calais – 1918 – Betham Salle

 

 

 

 

How he died

Killed in Action

 

Yes

1a, 1b

7

Location of Grave or Memorial

Sailly-Labourse Communal Cemetery Extension - Grave N.3.

Yes

 

 

 

Uttoxeter Town War Memorial

 

 

 

7

Awards

Victory Medal O/1/105 B54 Page 13149

 

 

 

3

British Medal O/1/105 B54 Page 13149

 

 

 

3

 

 

Sydney was a native of Hebburn-on-Tyne1a and was attached to the Northumberland Fusiliers1a.

His obituary in the Uttoxeter Advertiser 1a gives a tantalising clue as to when he came to Uttoxeter, but we have not managed to convert it to a date yet. It was described as being at about the time when German prisoners were first sent to the camp on Uttoxeter Racecourse. This only tells us readily that he did not live in Uttoxeter before August 4 1914 (the outbreak of the war).

His wife was one of Joseph Hudson’s sisters1a, 1b, 7. Joseph was also killed in the war.

Sidney and his wife had married on the Easter Saturday of 19181a, 7, only about five months or so before he died. He was killed in action1a, 1b, but we do not know details yet.

The Uttoxeter Advertiser 1a quoted from a letter sent to Sydney’s widow by his platoon officer:

“During the short time that he was under me I always found him ready and willing to do any duty that had to be done”.

 

This memorial notice was placed in the Uttoxeter Advertiser in September 1919. Its primary purpose was to commemorate the third anniversary of Joseph Hudson’s death, but it also mentions Sydney

 

 

Sidney’s family still commemorate his memory on Remembrance Day. This memorial cross was appeared by the Uttoxeter War Memorial on Remembrance day in 2005.