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| Sydney Archer is remembered on the Hemingfield & Jump war memorial |
Pte. Sydney Archer, 2963, York and Lancaster Regiment 3/5th Bn. Died 27th April 1915, Age 20.
Bio:
Sydney suffered from epilepsy and died due to complications of his illness. He passed away at the military hospital in York less than six months after enlisting. Because he had spent such a short time with the army, it meant he wasn't entitled to a military burial or headstone.
Grave:
Plot E.337, St. Peter's churchyard at Hoyland.
Memorials:
Wombwell war memorial, Park Street, Wombwell, South Yorkshire, S73 0HS
Hemingfield War Memorial, Jump cemetery Nr Barnsley South Yorkshire. S73 0JQ
Sources_________________________________________
1911 Census
Register of Soldiers' effects for S.Archer.
