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Pte. Sydney Airey
British Army 19th Btn. C Coy. Manchester Regiment
from:Manchester
Sydney Airey, born in Manchester on 15th of June 1895, reported for enlistment at Palatine Buildings, Manchester, on 7th of November 1914. He was attested the following day as a Private in the 4th City Battalion (the 19th Manchesters), and given the serial number 12679.
After being shunted around with his Pals in various places in northern France, he found himself part of The Big Push on 1st of July 1916. He was captured during the Battle of the Somme at Guillemont on 23rd of July 1916 and spent the rest of the war as a POW, initially at Dulmen in Germany.
He died at the age of 30, his health having suffered during his imprisonment. Sydney was my grandfather. My mother was 18 months old when he died.
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