No.5933164, Private, Sidney SUMMERS
Aged 25
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Sidney Summers was born in Soham on 30th May 1915 (Newmarket Q3-1915 3B:808), baptised in Soham on 2nd July 1915, son of James and Clara
Summers (née HILLS) of Qua Fen Common, Soham
He married Gertie Rosella COLLEN (Cambridge Q3-1936 3B:1442). They appear to have had 3 children born Cambridge Pamela [1936], Penelope [1939] and Brian S [1940] In the 1939 register Sidney and Gertie have not been found, but at Qua Fen Common, Soham were his parents, James [19-3-1861] farm labourer; his mother Clara [10-3-1862] and George PALMER [23-2-1915] a lorry driver - see here He was buried in Soham on 4th December 1940. He was the brother of Frank SUMMERS who died in 1917 in the 3rd battle for Ypres
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| The 2nd Cambridgeshires were deployed on coastal defence in UK and at the end of 1940 were stationed around Houghton Hall, Raynham, Norfolk. He was riding a motor cycle with a pillion passenger on the Kings Lynn-Fakenham Road when he crashed the motorbike. He died on his injuries the next day, his passenger survived. |
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