Private Sidney Medcalf
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1898
Date of Death
15 Dec 1917
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Pte Sidney Medcalf, 32647, 1/4th Battalion Norfolk Regiment, was killed in action near Jerusalem on December 15th, 1917. He was aged 19.
The son of Jonathan (John) and Lizzie (nee Gurney) Medcalf, of 33 Ashton Street [later Gillam Street], Luton, he joined up in February 1917 and, after training at St Albans and Felixstowe, went to Egypt in the following August. Before the war he was employed at the Diamond Foundry in Dallow Road, Luton.
Older brother Henry had joined the 5th Bedfords (200557) in September 1914. He was invalided home with dysentery after going through the Dardanelles campaign, but later transferred to Egypt and was wounded in battle in Palestine in 1917. He returned to his unit.
Sidney's body was re-interred in the Ramleh War Cemetery, near Jaffa, in June 1919.
Author: Deejaya
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