Sidney Albert Painter

A Sergeant with the 8th Battalion, Sidney died on 17th of November 1917 at the age of 20. 

Sidney was born at Lowestoft in late 1896, a son of Ernest Leonard and Ann Painter. He was baptised at Saint Margaret's Church on 1 January 1897, and his family lived at 24 Seago Street and this was still their home in 1901. By 1911 his family were living at 78 Haward Street, Lowestoft, and Sidney worked as a sail maker.

Sidney volunteered and joined the Army at Lowestoft. He enlisted in the Suffolk Regiment and served with the 8th Battalion in France from 25 July 1915. He was wounded and his name appears in the official list of wounded dated 1 September 1915. 

On 16 November 1917 the 8th Battalion relieved the 12th Battalion Middlesex Regiment and took over front line positions near Boesinghe. The relief was made difficult because of the vert bad condition of the ground. The Battalion War Diary for 17 November 1917 describes the day thus: Battalion in line - quiet day with occasional heavy bursts of shelling. 

There is no specific record of what happened to Sidney, other than that he was killed in action on 17 November.