Sidney Ward was 1 of 3 children born to William & Mary in Grantham, Lincolnshire in 1882.

He married Mary Elizabeth Cottam in Nottingham in 1902.

In 1911 he is working for Raleigh as a cycle hand & living with his family at No 4 Nugent Street, Nottingham. Mary is 28 & at home looking after Lillian 8, Doris 4 & 2 year old son Francis.

On 8th January 1912 William joined the 7th Battalion Notts & Derby (Sherwood Foresters) giving his home address as 44 Calcutta Street & his father as next of kin.