Sidney Thomas Marks
Memorial: Hambrook - Whiteshill Common
Regiment: Royal Berkshire Regiment
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Private 201931
Parents: Thomas and Alice Marks
Home address: Pye Corner, Hambrook, Bristol
Date of birth: 1890
Place of birth: Falfield
Date of death: 01/08/1917
Buried/Commemorated at: Tyne Cot Cemetery (Ref: LXI. J. 22.), Belgium
Age: 27
Further information:
Sidney (or Sydney) Thomas Marks was born in 1890 or 1891 in Falfield in South Gloucestershire. His parents were Thomas and Alice Marks. His parents lived at Pye Corner in Hambrook. His siblings were Bertha, Leonard, Joseph and Annie. It is possible that he had more siblings younger than himself. Sidney’s father worked as a carter on a farm and he had been born in Thornbury.
Sidney joined the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Berkshire Regiment as a private. He died in August 1917 at about the age of 27. He is buried in Tyne Cot Cemetery in Belgium.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
Yate and District Heritage Centre and Forces War Records.