Sydney is my great uncle and was the second eldest of 3 sons and was born in Tottenham, London in 1890.

He was killed on 30th November 1917 whilst serving with the 6th Battalion, Queens Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)and has no known grave.

Sydney's name is listed on the Cambrai Memorial, Louverval, Nord, France which commemorates more than 7,000 servicemen of the United Kingdom and South Africa who died in the Battle of Cambrai in November and December 1917 and whose graves are not known.

At the entrance is the following inscription in English and French:

TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND TO THE ENDURING MEMORY OF 7048 OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE FORCES OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE WHO FELL AT THE BATTLE OF CAMBRAI BETWEEN THE 20TH. NOVEMBER AND THE 3RD. DECEMBER 1917, WHOSE NAMES ARE HERE RECORDED BUT TO WHOM THE FORTUNES OF WAR DENIED THE KNOWN AND HONOURED BURIAL GIVEN TO THEIR COMRADES IN DEATH