Name
Sydney Alexander Goldsmid
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
07/11/1914
21
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Second Lieutenant
Worcestershire Regiment
3rd Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Mentioned in Despatches
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY, SOUCHEZ
XXI. E. 24.
France
UK & Other Memorials
Haileybury College Cloister Wall Memorial, Hertford Heath
Pre War
Born on 6 May 1893 in Southsea son of Sydney and Julie (Hart) Goldsmid. Educated at the United Services College 1908-11 and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. Gazetted 2nd Lieutenant on 4 Sep 1912. He was unmarried.
Wartime Service
Promoted to Lieutenant on 20 Sep 1914. Mentioned in Dispatches (18 Oct 1914) and was killed in action.
Additional Information
United Services College, Westward Ho, Devon amalgamated with Imperial Service College in Windsor in 1912 and then moved to Haileybury College, Hertford Heath in 1942.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Karen Smith - Acting Director of External Relations www.haileybury.com/honour
