In Memory Of

VERNON, SYDNEY COLIN

Service Details
Age:
 24
Date of Birth:
 1918-07-09
Service No:
 1945116
Rank:
 Gunner
Unit:
 102 (The Northumberland Hussars) Lt. A.A./Anti-Tank Regt.
Regiment:
 Royal Artillery
Date of Death:
 1942-11-01
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 XI. G. 15.
Cemetery:
 EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY
Country:
 Egypt
Additional Information
Son of Edwin James Vernon and Emma Vernon, of Gwelo, Southern Rhodesia. He was born on July 9th, 1918, and entered Grey House in 1927. After leaving school in August, 1934, he was employed in the Post Office, and at one time was stationed at Plumtree, and later at Gatooma. On Plumtree School Roll of Honour