Service Details
Name:
 RUSSELL
Given Name:
 SYDNEY ALLEN
Initials:
 S A
Trade:
 Commanding
Rank:
 Captain
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry
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Unit:
 4th Regt.
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Unit 2:
 "D" Coy.
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Former Regiment:
 formerly 12th Infantry (Pretoria Regiment)
Date of Death:
 1916-07-11
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Date of Birth:
 1874-03-10
Age:
 42
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, received at Trones Wood, on 10th July
Decorations:
 Brought to the Notice of the Secretary of State for War
Citations:
 LG Sup 22 August 1918 - "For distinguished service in the Field and in connection with the campaign in German South-West Africa, 1914-15"
Additional
Information:
Son of William Allen and Maria Russell. Husband of Rosa Ann Russell, of Hatfield, Pretoria. Born Manchester, Lancashire. A draughtsman
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Somme
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Cemetery:
 LA NEUVILLE BRITISH CEMETERY, CORBIE
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Grave Reference:
 I. B. 16.
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