No. 40746, Private Sidney James ADAMS
Aged 21
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Born in 1896 (Qtr 1 Bury St Edmunds 4a:803), son of Henry and Charlotte ADAMS (née HILL)
1901 census...Aged 5, he was at 67 Southgate Street, BSE, with his father Henry [39] UDC Carman; mother Charlotte [34] tailoress; sisters Edith [15], Jessie Eliza [11], Laura May [9] and Hilda Mary [7]; brothers Henry Robert [14] errand boy, and Victor Joseph [3]. All were born in Bury St Edmunds. 1911 census...Aged 15, a gardener's assistant he was at 2 Raingate Street, BSE with his parents, father now recorded as 56, mother as 43 and having born 14 children. His sisters Flora [27] and Edith [26] were recorded as married and deleted, Jessie Eliza was [22] also deleted, Laura May [19] was a machinist at a clothing factory, Hilda Mary [17] was mother's help, sister Charlotte was 5. Brother Henry Robert [24] a soldier signaller was also deleted. The other brothers, present, were Victor Joseph [13], Ernest Robert [11], George Kimberley [11], Willam Edward [9], John [6] and Arthur Alfred [18 months] The pension card has his mother at 39 Raingate Street, Bury St.Edmunds. His father was killed in the Zeppelin raid in 1916 see here as was his brother George Kimberley see here |
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He enlisted in BSE. The 2nd Suffolks were in the Wellington Caves in Arras on the night of 8/9th April. At 00:45 the battalion left the cave, companies movng at half hour intervals in the order Y-Z-X-W 05:30 - General attack began.The battalon took its objective with complete success. Casualties 1 officer killed, 2 wounded; OR 18 killed, 69 wounded, 12 missing. The battalion remained in the captured German trenches. |
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