In Memory Of
RUSSELL, SYDNEY ALLEN
Service Details
Age:
42
Date of Birth:
1874-03-10
Rank:
Captain
Unit:
4th Regt.
Unit 2:
"D" Coy.
Regiment:
South African Infantry
Former Regiment:
formerly 12th Infantry (Pretoria Regiment)
Date of Death:
1916-07-11
Cause of Death:
Died of wounds, received at Trones Wood, on 10th July
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
I. B. 16.
Cemetery:
LA NEUVILLE BRITISH CEMETERY, CORBIE
Localitly:
Somme
Country:
France
Additional Information
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"
Son of William Allen and Maria Russell. Husband of Rosa Ann Russell, of Hatfield, Pretoria. Born Manchester, Lancashire. A draughtsman
