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11th Battalion King’s Royal Rifle Corps
Accidentally killed in France and Flanders, 13th September 1916, age 26
Buried Meaulte Military Cemetery, Somme, France. Grave ref: E.23
Awarded 1915 Star, British War and Victory Medals
Son of Edward and Mary Earp, 45 Erdington Road, Atherstone
Links to Relevant Information
CWGC Page for Lance Corporal Earp
NNWFHS Atherstone War Memorial Page
Other Information
1890 baptised 1st June at Atherstone (FMP)
1891 and 1901 Census, living with his parents and sister, Lagoes Buildings, Long Street, Atherstone
1911 Census, living with his parents and siblings, Spinnage Cottage, Erdington Road, Atherstone and employed as a coal miner fitter
Death reported 13th September 1916, Atherstone News and Herald, as an “accident” while a class was being taught to use a machine gun. There was a live cartridge within the case of dummy cartridges and Sydney was hit directly while standing outside the tent.
Death reported 6th October 1916, Coventry Standard