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Cpl. Sydney George Hindom
British Army 24th (2nd Sportsmans) Btn. Royal Fusiliers
from:Torquay
Sydney Hindom was the south coast high diving champion and gave lots of exhibition dives at fetes etc. In those days it was called fancy diving.
He joined up late in life and was wounded and captured at Guillemont on 1st August 1916. He was imprisoned at Hamelberg and was repatriated in June 1918.
He married in 1920 and had one son and two daughters and one stepdaughter. He died in 1939 as a result of his war wound.

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