Sidney Charles Boyce

A Gunner with 270th Brigade, Sidney died on 2nd of November 1917 at the age of 22. 

Sidney was born at Lowestoft in 1895, the only son of Charles Matthew and Emmeline Boyce. In 1901 his family lived at Norwich Road, Lowestoft, and by 1911 they were living at 13 Stanley Street and Sidney was an apprentice printing compositor. 

Sidney volunteered and enlisted in the Army at Lowestoft. He joined the Royal Field Artillery (Territorial Force), service number 1002. Sidney served with IV East Anglian Brigade, which was part of the divisional artillery of 54 (East Anglian) Division, and he arrived in France with the Brigade on France 17 November 1915. His brigade was attached to 33 Division until January 1916 when it was sent to Alexandria to rejoin 54 Division and his unit arrived in Egypt in February 1916 and became part of the Suez Defences. 

On 29 May 1916 his unit was redesigned as 273 Brigade and, on 29 December 1916 it was reorganised and became 270 Brigade. In early 1917 Sideny was given the service number 885289.

His unit was in action during the Third Battle of Gaza, and during this engagement Sidney was killed in action.