Name	Sydney (Sidney) Joseph NELMS
Rank/Number	Private  / 9672
Regiment/Unit	Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry / 5th Battalion
Enlisted	Oxford
Age/Date of death	22 / 03 May 1917
How died/Theatre of war	Killed in action / France & Flanders
Residence at death	Bow, Middx
Cemetery	Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Grave Reference	Bay 6 & 7
Location of memorial	Towersey
Date/Place of birth	c1895 / Towersey
Date/Place of baptism
Occupation of Casualty	plough boy
Parents/Occupation	Henry & Annie Nelms / chimney sweep
Parents' Address	Lower Green, Thame
Wife
Wife's Address
Notes	brother of William John Nelms. Step mother Agnes Louisa Nelms nee Irving. Reported missing during 3rd Battle of the Scarpe. Formerly 2nd then 3rd OBLI. Enlisted 1912