Name |
Sidney Richard DAMANT |
Rank/Number |
Private / 4265 |
Regiment/Unit |
Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry / 2/1st Bucks Battalion |
Enlisted |
Aylesbury |
Age/Date of death |
19 / 25 Jul 1916 |
How died/Theatre of war |
Died of wounds / France & Flanders |
Residence at death |
Marlow |
Cemetery |
Merville Communal Cemetery, Nord, France |
Grave Reference |
XI.A.21 |
Location of memorial |
Marlow All Saints |
Date/Place of birth |
c1896 / Great Marlow |
Date/Place of baptism |
16 Dec 1896 Marlow |
Occupation of Casualty |
apprentice carpenter to W & T Sellman |
Parents/Occupation |
Joseph & Louisa Damant / carpenter |
Parents' Address |
164 West End Gardens |
Wife |
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Wife's Address |
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Notes |
died in an attempt to rescue Lt Charles Percy Phipps (qv). Letter of appreciation in Reading Mercury from Phipps father to Damants mother - 26 Aug 1916 |