Private 25157 Sidney BAYLISS

Private 25157 Sidney Bayliss{gallery}Pte S Bayliss{/gallery}8th Battalion East Surrey Regiment. Previously Pte 7576 Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died of wounds in France and Flanders, 3rd March 1917, aged 26

Buried: Doullens Communal Cemetery Ext 1, Somme France. Grave ref: III.G.20
Commemorated: Birmingham (West Midlands) Police Roll of Honour
Awarded: British War and Victory Medals
Son of James and Ann Bayliss. James was a farmer and sub-postmaster.
NNWFHS Memorial: Nether Whitacre

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1911 Census and Family History Information

Born 20 Nov 1890 in Whitacre
Living at Whitacre Heath [1911]
Employed as a farmer’s son [1911]
27th October 1913 joined Birmingham City Police as PC 67 and served on E Division
12th November 1915 his request for permission to join the army was granted by Birmingham Police

Further Information about Sidney’s death from West Midlands Police Memorial Page
The War Diary records, “The attack was at 2.30 am [on a German Trench] having been postponed half an hour by Captain Place. It was not a success. 2nd Lieutenant William’s platoon, which was taking the east end of the trench, met with heavy machine-gun fire and suffered 12 casualties. Sergeant Fidgett’s platoon lost its way in the darkness and broke ground and were unable to find the trench…” Sidney was wounded in one of these attacks and evacuated to a Casualty Clearing Station at Doullens, where he succumbed to his injuries on 3rd March 1917 at the age of 26.