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Surname: CAREY
Forename(s): Sidney Banfield
Place of Birth: Timsbury, Somerset
Service No: 95281
Rank: Wheeler
Regiment / Corps / Service: Royal Field Artillery
Battalion / Unit: No.1 Cadet School
Division: ---
Age: 49
Date of Death: 1918-08-30
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: In South part.
CWGC Cemetery: FARMBOROUGH (ALL SAINTS) CHURCHYARD
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: EARBY, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Sidney Banfield Carey was the son of Abel and Hannah Carey, née Branch. Both parents were born at Farmborough, Somerset.
1871 Bath, Somerset Census: Bolwells Court - Banfeld [sic] Carey, aged 3 years, born Farmborough, Somerset, son of Abel and Hannah Carey.
1881 Farmborough, Somerset Census: High Road - Banfield Carey, aged 12 years, born Farmborough, son of Hanah [sic] Carey (married).
1891 Bathford, Somerset Census: Church Street - Banfield Carey, aged 22 years, born Timsbury, Somerset. Carpenter at Mill. [Banfield was boarding with James and Eliza Southard.]
1911 Rishton, Lancashire: 66, Spring Street - Sidney Carey, aged 42 years, born Farmborough, Somerset. Labourer Iorn [sic] Foundry. [Sidney was boarding with Jeanet Morgan, married woman.]
Sidney was married to Janet Morgan in 1912.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Wheeler Sidney Carey, 95281, R.H.A. Date and Place of Death: 30.8.18 Mil Hosp. Hampstead. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Widow - Janet. £45 10s. 9d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: Wheeler Sidney Carey, 95281, R.H.A. Date and cause of death: Ruptured Aneurysm. Name(s) on card(s): Widow: Jennet, born 22.10.69. Address: 23, Roseman House, School Lane, Earby, Yorkshire. Children: Viola Morgan, stepchild, born 15.12.04. Dorcas Ann Morgan Carey, born 28.9.07.
See also:
‘Earby in the First World War’ by Stephanie Carter, published by Earby & District Local History Society (2014).
‘Our Finest Crop’ by Steven Marshall, published by Earby & District Local History Society (2020).
Data Source: Local War Memorial
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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---
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