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Sidney Charles WALLIS, son of Elizabeth WALLIS (c. 1867- ), was born on 29 December 1890 in South Lopham, Norfolk. He enlisted at Eye, Suffolk in 1914 - Private 21288, 8th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. He died on 26 September 1915 in France - killed in action at the Battle of Loos in the abortive attack on Hulluch. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission grave registration entry for Sidney was “WALLIS, Pte. Sidney C., 21288. 8th Bn. Bedfordshire Regt. 26th Sept., 1915. Age 24. Husband of Florence Barbara Baxter (formerly Wallis), of Black Cottages, Redgrave, Diss.” Sidney is commemorated at Loos Memorial - Panel 41.

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WALLIS, Sidney Charles
Family Historian Individual Narrative Sidney Charles WALLIS, son of Elizabeth WALLIS (c. 1867- ), was born on 29 December 1890 in South Lopham, Norfolk. On 5 Apr 1891, (the 1891 Census), he was living at Redgrave Road in South Lopham - 3m, living with grandparents George (60, agricultural labourer) and Louisa (45), mother Elizabeth (24), uncles John (16, agricultural labourer), Walter (11, scholar) and Spencer G (6, scholar), and aunts Lavinia (13) and Rosa M (9, scholar). Sidney was baptised on 13 September 1891 in Redgrave, Suffol..... View full FH text (See notes below)
Birth:	29.12.1890 : South Lopham, Norfolk : 1891 Q1 Guiltcross Norfolk Vol 4B Page 254
Baptism:	13.09.1891 : South Lopham, Norfolk
1891 Census:	South Lopham, Norfolk : 3m, living with grandparents George (60, agricultural labourer) and Louisa (45), mother Elizabeth (24), uncles John (16, agricultural labourer), Walter (11, scholar) and Spencer G (6, scholar), and aunts Lavinia (13) and Rosa M (9, scholar). (South Lopham: RG12 Piece 1548 Folio 131 Page 16 Schedule 119)
1901 Census:	South Lopham, Norfolk : 10, scholar, living with grandparents James FRANCIS (60, agricultural labourer) and Louisa FRANCIS (55, monthly nurse), Spencer G (16, private Norfolk Militia 3rd Norfolk), Elizabeth (34, his mother), and siblings Arthur E B (8, scholar), Arthur J B (5, scholar), Ellen Jane B (4) and Gertie B (1). (South Lopham: RG13 Piece 1866 Folio 25 Page 13 Schedule 83)
1911 Census:	Redgrave, Suffolk : 20 horseman on farm, living with uncle Walter (31, farm labourer), grandmother Louisa FRANCIS (65, housekeeper), and sister Gertrude (11, scholar). (RG14 PN10721 RD210 SD2 ED6 SN78)
Death:	26.09.1915 : France
Memorial:	France : Loos Memorial, Panel 41.
Military:	Sidney enlisted at Eye, Suffolk in 1914 - Private 21288, 8th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. He died on 26 September 1915 in France - killed in action at the Battle of Loos in the abortive attack on Hulluch. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission grave registration entry for Sidney was “WALLIS, Pte. Sidney C., 21288. 8th Bn. Bedfordshire Regt. 26th Sept., 1915. Age 24. Husband of Florence Barbara Baxter (formerly Wallis), of Black Cottages, Redgrave, Diss.” Sidney is commemorated at Loos Memorial - Panel 41.
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