Private 15145 Walter SIDWELL

Private 15145 Walter Sidwell{gallery}Pte W Sidwell{/gallery}7th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry
Died of wounds in the Battle of Delville Wood (Somme), France and Flanders, 1st September 1916 aged 29

• Buried: Dive Copse British Cemetery, Somme, France. Grave II.H.4
  
• Awarded: 1915 Star, British War and Victory Medals
  
• Son of James and Susannah Sidwell [nee Lenton] of 207 College Street, Nuneaton
  
• NNWFHS Memorial: Nuneaton WWI Other Regiments

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Private Sidwell
• Dive Copse British Cemetery
• Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry

Military, Census and Family History Information

• Born Jul Qtr 1887 and baptised 6 Nov 1887 at Chilvers Coton
  
• Lived at Bermuda Road, Chilvers Coton [1901]
  
• Lived at 161 Grove Cottages, Chilvers Coton [1911]
• Employed as a miner / hewer [1911]
  
• Enlisted at Nuneaton. Arrived in France 23 Jul 1915