Sidney J.Link was killed in action during the First World War, just two weeks before Armistice Day.  He is buried at Moorseele Military Cemetery, Belgium.  The Commonwealth War Graves Commission Record of Commemoration lists him as “Private 81553 in 26th Battalion Royal Fusiliers.  Son of Mrs A.Link of 24 Coronation Square, Kings Lynn”.

 

The following is a taken from the Lynn News and Advertiser (date of article unknown):- “Younger son of Mr and Mrs J.E.Link of 24 Coronation Square. Died 27th October 1918 from wounds received in France age 19. He was the only surviving son, his brother Oswald having given his life 7 months earlier. Sidney Link lingered for six hours after receiving grievous injuries. He lost both an arm and a leg. He was educated at St.Margaret's school, Lynn and was a Chorister at St.Margaret's Church. While a motor driver for W.H.Johnson and Son of Lynn, he enlisted at the age of 18. He went to the Western Front on the day after Good Friday 1918.”

Helen Bishop