Sidney William Bunn

A Private, Sidney died on 15th of June 1915 at the age of 24. 

Sidney was born at Carlton Colville in 1890, a son Albert and Harriet Mary Bunn. He was baptised at Saint Peter's Church, Carlton Colville, on 25 January 1891. In 1891 his family lived at Eades Farm Cottages, Marsh Lane, Carlton Colville. By 1901 they were living at Burnt Hill, Carlton Colville, and in 1911 at Marsh Lane, Carlton Colville, and Albert was a farm labourer. Later his parents lived at 57 Kimberley Road, Lowestoft.

Albert volunteered and joined the Army at Lowestoft. He enlisted in the Suffolk Regiment. He arrived in France on 12 May 1915 to join the 1st Battalion. 

On 12 June 1915 the Battalion moved into trenches in the St. Eloi area. The Battalion War Diary for 15 June 1915 simply records that one man was killed and one man wounded. Albert was the soldier that was killed. 

A marginal note in Albert's baptism register entry at Saint Peter's Church, Carlton Colville, reads: "Died for England June 15 1915".