Sidney Charles Russell
Memorial: Badminton Memorial Hall - Hayes Lane
Regiment: Royal Berkshire Regiment
Medals: British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Private 23738
Parents: Emily Russell
Home address: Badminton, Glos
Pre-war occupation: Grocer's apprentice
Date of birth: 1898
Place of birth: Badminton, Glos
Date of death: 09/04/1917
Buried/Commemorated at: Doiran Military Cemetery (Ref. VI. C. 27.), Salonika, Greece
Age: 19
Further information:
Sidney Charles Russell was born in Badminton in 1897 to mother, Emily Russell, brother to Elijah, Amy and William.
Sidney served with the 7th Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's Royal Berkshire Regiment and Died of Wounds on the 9th April 1917 aged 19 years. He is buried in the Doiran Military Cemetery, Salonika, Greece.
Sidney Russell is remembered on the Badminton Memorial board in the Village Hall and on the Chipping Sodbury and District War Memorial Cottage Hospital board, now at Yate and District Heritage Centre.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
Yate and District Heritage Centre
Forces War Records and CWGC