Sidney Albert Harding
Memorial: Marshfield - High Street
Regiment: Gloucestershire Regiment
Medals: British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Private 52048
Date of birth: 1891
Place of birth: Marshfield, Glos
Date of death: 19/10/1918
Buried/Commemorated at: Highland Cemetery, Le Cateau, Nord, France
Age: 27
Further information:
Sidney Albert Harding served with the 1st Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment and was Killed in Action on 19 October 1918
After the Battle of Le Cateau (26th August, 1914), the town remained in German hands until the middle of October, 1918. Plot III (which is the original cemetery) was made by the 50th (Northumbrian) Division after the fighting of the 17th October; and the name of Highland Cemetery is suggestive at once of the comparatively high ground on which it stands and of the thirty-two graves of the 13th (Scottish Horse) Battalion, Black Watch, found in this Plot. The cemetery was greatly enlarged after the Armistice by the concentration of graves (of October and November, 1918) from isolated positions on all sides of Le Cateau. There are now over 600, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, over 60 are unidentified. The cemetery covers an area of 2,292 square metres and is enclosed by a wall
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
http://www.marshfieldparish.org.uk/wp/marshfield-history/ww1.htm
Forces War Records