Sidney Harrison died of wounds on 26th October 1918 just a few days before peace was declared.  He left a widow and two young children. He  was born in 1886 to parents Alfred and Lucy, in Cranwich near Thetford.  His father Alfred  was an agricultural yardman, and by the time he was 14  Sidney was working as a groom.  By 1916 Sidney and his wife were living in Kettlestone with their first child Alfred.  He joined the Northumberland Fusiliers on 16th November in Cromer aged 30 , and by early 1917 he had been posted to the British Expeditionary Force. In March of that year Sidney received a gunshot wound to the thigh and was transferred to England via a hospital ship.  He recovered from this injury and in 1918 he was transferred to 15th battalion Durham Light Infantry as a gunner. He had been promoted to the rank of corporal.  On the 26th October Sidney died of wounds at casualty clearing station 29  Delsaux Farm Beugny France  having been wounded in action on the Western Front two days previously.  Sidney is buried in the cemetery at Delsaux Farm .  He was awarded the military medal for bravery in the field.  

 

Bridget Fielden