Name
Sidney Alfred Bottoms
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Pre War
Parish records suggest only one man of this name who could have served, and he was born on August 13th 1899 to Arthur and Rose Bottoms. He would have been about fourteen when war was declared; therefore, although not impossible, it is unlikely that he served until much later in the war. Baptism and census records list five children. However, the 1911 census gives the number as six, but one had died and remains unnamed at this time. The surviving children were Gertrude (b 1881), Samuel (b c1884), Emma (b c1890), Elizabeth (bapt 1896) and Sidney Alfred (b 1899).
Acknowledgments
Text from the book ‘The Pride of Pirton’ by Jonty Wild, Tony French & Chris Ryan used with author's permission
