PERCIVAL SYDENHAM
From May through to September 2026, Andrew will be fulfilling his dream to hike the iconic Land’s End to John O’Groats! You are all warmly invited to follow Andrew’s epic journey on his Facebook page, “Andrew Beal LEJOG” https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61577588795730
As Andrew hikes the 1,300+ miles, he will raise funds for the Ipswich War Memorial Project to help finance our future exhibitions and research of the brave Ipswich men and women who lost their lives in conflict. If you would like to make a small donation, please click on the link: https://gofund.me/5d4a50570
Thank you for your love and support. Andrew & Helen – I.W.M.P.
Born: 1883, Longfleet, Poole, Dorset.
Baptised: 1st July 1883, Longfleet, Poole: parents: Mary Louisa & Henry James Sydenham – an Accountant. Percival’s twin brother was also baptised – Cecil Sydenham – died 1884 – buried 12th April 1884, Longfleet, Poole.
Died: 27th September 1918; age 35; KiA.
Enlistment Location: Ipswich.
Service: Took part in the Battle of the Hindenburg Line.
Rank: Corporal; Service Number: 205870
Regiment: Bedfordshire Regiment, 1st Battalion.
Formerly 265351, Suffolk Regiment.
Medals Awarded: Victory & British War.
Memorial Reference:
Pas de Calais,
France.
Relatives Notified & Address: Son of H. J. Sydenham, of Bournemouth Road, Parkstone; husband of A. May Sydenham, of School House, Westerfield, Suffolk.
CENSUS
1891 Ringwood Road, Longfleet, Poole, Dorset.
Percival was 7 years old and living with his parents & siblings.
Henry James Sydenham, 46, a Miller’s Manager, born Poole, Dorset.
Mary Louisa Sydenham (nee Brown), 44, born Blandford, Dorset.
Reginald Henry Sydenham, 16, a Clerk – Timber Merchant, born Poole.
Charles Ernest Sydenham, 14, born Poole.
Herbert James Sydenham, 11, born Poole.
Mabel Louise Sydenham, 10, born Poole.
Bernard George Sydenham, 6, born Poole.
Beatrice Ada Sydenham, 6, born Poole.
Ethel May Sydenham, 3, born Poole.
1 domestic servant – cook.
1901 ‘Highlands’ Richmond Road, Parkstone, Dorset.
Percival was 17 years old, an Apprentice Stationer. He was living with his parents & siblings.
Henry, 56, an Accountant & Insurance Agent.
Mary, 54.
Mabel, 20, a Post Office Assistant.
Bernard, 16.
Beatrice, 16.
1911 31, Ordnance Road, Southampton, Hampshire.
Percival was 27 years old, a Stationer’s Assistant. He was living with his employer, 63 year old, Stationer, William James Atkins.
Percival’s mother, Mary Louisa Sydenham, died in 1912, Parkstone, Dorset.
On the 29th May 1915, at Holy Trinity Church, Ipswich, by special licence, Percival, a Private for the 6th Cyclists – Suffolk Regiment, married Annie May Whiting, a certified teacher of domestic subjects, born October 1881, Ipswich – daughter of Robert Thomas Whiting, a printer’s reader and tobacconist, and Eliza Ann Whiting (nee Lindsey), of 60, Foxhall Road, Ipswich.
Soldiers’ Effects to Annie M. Sydenham – widow.
Probate to Louisa Gertude Whiting – sister-in-law, a Certificated Registered Elementary School Teacher, for the Ipswich Education Authority, of School House, Westerfield, Suffolk.
Percival is also remembered on the Southampton Cenotaph, Hampshire, and on the war memorial at St. John the Baptist Church, Ipswich.
Bedfordshire Regiment, 1st Battalion
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