Sydney was living in Rockley at the time of his marriage.

A letter from the Ministry of Defence dated 13 Oct 1995Ref :-
94/73943/CS(RM)2b/9

S. J. Caswell - Wiltshire Regiment

In reply to your enquiry, we regret that no records can nowbe trace d relating
to the
military service of the above named in the British Armyduring the 19 14-~8 war.
Unfortunately, as was mentioned in our original letter, alarge propo rtion of
the
records of soldiers who served during the period 1914-20were totall y destroyed
by
enemy air action in 1940 and it would seem that those ofthe above na med were
among
them

The publication 'Soldiers Died in the Creat War' has thefollowing en try:

Wiltshire Regiment 2nd Battalion
CASWELL, Sidney James born Mildenhall, Wilts, enlisted inDevizes Wil tshire
whilst living in Marlborough.
18387 Private Killed in Action France and Flanders 9. 4.17

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission at Maidenhead haveprovided th e following
details:

18387 Private Sidney James CASWELL 2nd Battalion WiltshireRegiment
Killed in Action 9.4.17 aged 24
Husband of Mary METCALF formerly CASWELL, Russley Park,Blaydon, Wilt s.
He was a native of Ogbourne St Andrew.

He is buried in the Wancourt British Cemetery which is ashort distan ce south
east of the village of Wancourt which is 8 kilo metressouth east o f Arras in
the
department of Pas de Calais, France.

He is believed or known to be buried amongst the unknownsoldiers an d the
cemetery register will hold further details regarding this.

It is possible that some information may be available fromthe Meda l Rolls.
Details
of medal entitlement, regiment(s), rank(s) and Armynumber(s) are rec orded in
these
Rolls. Also or you know the unit(s) of the above named, itmay be po ssible to
find
details of the movements of the unit(s) in the Commander'sWar Diarie s or they
still
survive.

Both the Medal Rolls and War Diaries are held by the PublicRecord Of fice at
Ruskin
Avenue, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TWO 4DU. The Medal Rolls arereference d as Class
WO 329 and the War Diaries WO 95.

GRO index shows - 1893 Sep qr Marlboro 5a 98 for Sidney'sbirth

PEDI birth