Private 55752 Sidney Rowland Lea

Private 55752 Sidney R Lea, 19^th Welch Regiment

Died of wounds on 31 Oct 1918 received attacking the village of Forest in France aged 29

• Buried: Forest Communal Cemetery, Nord, France
• Awarded: British War and Victory Medals
• Son of Charles and Ann Lea
• NNWFHS Memorials: Coleshill

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC page for Pte Lea
• Forest Cemetery
• NNWFHS Coleshill War Memorial Page
• Welch Regiment

Census and Family Information

• Born Jan qtr 1889 Coleshill
• Lived in Cole End, Coleshill
• Enlisted in Walsall
• Sidney was a farm worker aged 22  [1911 census]