HEMPSTEAD, Sidney


No.23958, Private, Sidney HEMPSTEAD
Aged 22
No medals
13th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment
Died on Sunday, 18th June 1916


Sidney Hempstead was born in Stradishall (Risbridge Q4-1893 4A:675), baptised in St Margaret's, Stradishall on 1st October 1893, son of Walter and Ada HEMPSTEAD (née WHITEROD).

1901 census... Aged 7, he was at The Street, Stradishall with his father Walter HEMPSTEAD [34] farm labourer born Stradishall; his mother Ada [32] born Denston.

1911 census... Aged 17, farm labourer, he was at The Street, Stradishall with his parents and grandmother Martha WHITEROD [79] widow, born Brockley. Sidney was an only child.

He appears to be the cousin of Frank Hempstead (both grandsons of Thomas Hempstead). Click here


He enlisted in Newmarket.
Sidney died in Royal Herbert Hospital, Woolwich. So far it is not known if this was due to wounds or illness. Possibly illness, since the 13th Battalion was a Reserve Battalion and never went overseas, simply supplying personnel to other battalions. The fact that no medal index card has been found most likely means Sidney was never posted abroad.
This Military Hospital was founded by Sidney Herbert, the man who sent Florence Nightingale to the Crimea. Since 1995 it has been a residential complex.



Sidney Hempstead is buried in Stradishall (St.Margarets) Churchyard, west corner of NW part

click here to go to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website for full cemetery/memorial details


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