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Sydney West

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  • Family grave commemorating Sydney West at Redhill Cemetery at Arnold Photo taken by Peter Gillings
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Sydney was born in Nottingham in 1895 the son of John William a plumber and Alice Mary West (née Stephenson) of 111, Morley Avenue, Mapperley Plains, Nottingham. John William West was born in 1873 at Nottingham, Alice Mary Stephenson was born in 1869 in Stapleford. Married in 1893, they had three children - Frank b.1894, Sidney b.1896 and Amy b.1898. In 1911, they lived at 111 Morley Avenue.
20 Sep 1917
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98239 - CWGC Website
21295
Private
3rd Bn Grenadier Guards
Sydney West enlisted at Nottingham and landed in France on 26th July 1915. Cement House Cemetery, Ypres, Grave Reference: XIV D 19
His uncle - George Henry West a chief stoker in the Royal Navy , was lost at sea when his ship the HMS Genista was sunk by a torpedo on 23rd October 1916, off the Irish Coast.
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  • Family grave commemorating Sydney West at Redhill Cemetery at Arnold Photo taken by Peter Gillings
    Sydney West - Family grave commemorating Sydney West at Redhill Cemetery at Arnold Photo taken by Peter Gillings
  • Close up of the family grave commemorating Sydney West at Redhill Cemetery, Arnold Photo taken by Peter Gillings
    Sydney West - Close up of the family grave commemorating Sydney West at Redhill Cemetery, Arnold Photo taken by Peter Gillings
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