Sidney George Foss
Memorial: South Gloucestershire war dead not on a local memorial
Regiment: Gloucestershire Regiment
Medals: 1914–15 Star, British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Silver War Badge, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Private 14286
Parents: George and Mary Jane Foss
Marital status: Married
Home address: 225 Pennywell Road, Bristol
Pre-war occupation: Bootmaker and Greengrocer
Date of birth: 26/04/1886
Place of birth: Bitton, Bristol
Date of death: 03/09/1916
Buried/Commemorated at: No known burial site. Commemorated at Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Not commemorated on a local memorial.
Age: 30
Further information:
Sidney's 12th Battalion mobilised to France in November 1915. He was killed in action in the Battle of Guillemont, one of the Battles of the Somme (1 Jul 1916 – 18 Nov 1916) and a British Victory. However, the result overall of the Battle of the Somme was indecisive and the cost was 620,000 allied casualties. Sidney's body was never identified and the Thiepval Memorial where he is remembered, bears the names of more than 72,000 officers and men of the United Kingdom and South African forces who died in the Somme sector before 20 March 1918 and who have no known grave.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
This information has been provided by Sarah Hands, Volunteer Researcher for the South Gloucestershire War Memorials Web Site.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
https://www.cwgc.org/
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/
https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/
Some information supplied by Kingwood Heritage Museum