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GRANT Sidney Robert 2/Lt
Catalogue reference: SKR/DAT/IP/20679
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- GRANT Sidney Robert 2/Lt
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Date (When the record was created)
- 2000-2024
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Surname: GRANT;
Forename(s): Sidney Robert;
Initials: SR;
Rank: 2/Lt;
Born in: Hackney;
Enlistment Date: 22-Jan-1915;
Resided in: Leigh-on-Sea;
Previous Number: TR/9/32018;
Previous Battalion: 47 of;
Previous Regiment: Trg Res Bn;
Date of transfer to MGC: 23-Feb-1917;
MGC Branch: Infantry;
MGC Unit: 2 Coy;
Other MGC Unit Served (1): 2 Coy;
Other MGC Unit Served (2): 1 Bn;
Date abroad: 09-Apr-1917;
Theatre of War: 1;
How killed: KIA;
Where: France;
When killed: 18-Apr-1918;
Other Data: b 23/6/1894
enlisted as 18978 10 Bn E Lanc Regt - disch 1/9/1916 to Trg Res Bn
Disch from TR Bn as CQMS 23/2/1917 on being granted commission
See report of death in "The Machine Gunner" Nov 1920, p28 under 1 Bn News (S G Grant)
Estate £202/10/8d to be shared between mother (Florence Emma Grant) and his fiancee (Miss Minnie Caroline Welton);Other Notes: GRANT, Second Lieutenant, SYDNEY ROBERT, 1st Bn. Machine Gun Corps (Inf). 18th April 1918. Age 24. Son of Mr. G. Grant, of Lynmouth, Eastwood, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex. VI. B. 19. Gorre British and Indian Cemetery - Pas De Calais, France.;
Related National Archives files: WO339/76073;
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- Vickers MG Collection & Research Association
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- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Graham Sacker
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- 1 digital record
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SKR/DAT/IP
Machine Gun Corps Database
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Machine Gun Corps Database Collection
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Machine Gun Corps Database
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GRANT Sidney Robert 2/Lt