DAY S.
Sidney Day
Second Lieutenant
5th Bn., York and Lancaster Regiment
Sidney Day died on Friday 11th August 1916, Age 25, and was buried in the LONSDALE CEMETERY, AUTHUILE, Somme, France.
He was born 28th February 1891 on Alfreton Road, Sutton-in-Ashfield, to parents Thomas and Elizabeth Mary Day. Thomas Day was a Colliery Secretary and Accountant, and a native of Sheffield, while his wife was born in Derby. At the time of the 1901 census the family were living on Alfreton Road, Sutton Woodhouse.
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 Notts Free Press, 18th August 1916 |
From
‘Officers died in the Great War 1914-19’
DAY
Sidney. 5th Bn.,(Territorial)
York & Lancaster Regiment. 2/Lt. ,
Killed in Action, 11th August 1916.
Research by Heather Faulkes
