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Pte. Sidney Thoroughgood
British Army 2nd Btn. Bedfordshire Regiment
from:Bedford
(d.31st October 1914)
Sidney Thoroughgood was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Thoroughgood, he was born in Ampthill, Bedfordshire, and he lived and enlisted in Bedford. Sidney served with 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment and was killed in action on 31st of October 1914 during the First Battle of Ypres in the retirement from the Geluveld-Zanvoorde Road to the Menin Road, aged 19 years and is commemorated on Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. He is remembered on both The War Memorial and The Alamada, St. Andrews Church, Ampthill. Information courtesy of www.roll-of-honour.com