SIDNEY WILLIAM BRAGG

Born: 1893, Ipswich.

Died: 23rd June 1916; age 23; Died of Cholera – Mesopotamia.

Residence: Ipswich.

Enlistment Location: Hamilton Camp, Hampshire.

Date of Entry Therein: 18th March 1915 – Asiatic.

Rank: Private; Service Number: 2791

Regiment: Hampshire Regiment, 1st/4th Battalion.

Medals Awarded: Victory, British War & 1915 Star.

 

Grave Reference:

III.M.II.

Basra War Cemetery,

Iraq.

 

Relatives Notified & Address: Son of George James & Martha Bragg, of 27, Cauldwell Avenue, Ipswich.

 

Brother to FREDERICK GEORGE BRAGG.

 

CENSUS

 

1901   27, Cauldwell Avenue, Ipswich.

 

Sidney was 8 years old and living with his parents & brother.

George James Bragg, 36, a Postman – Civil, born Tuddenham, Suffolk.

Martha Bragg (nee Brown), 36, a Grocer – Shopkeeper, Alpheton, Suffolk.

Frederick George Bragg, 10, born Ipswich.

 

1911   27, Cauldwell Avenue, Ipswich.

 

Sideny was 18 years old, a Feed & Florist’s Assistant. He was living with his parents & brother.

George, 46, a Postman – Post Office.

Martha, 46.

Frederick, 20. a Clothier’s Assistant.

Sidney Is also remembered on St. John the Baptist church Ipswich WW1 Memorial

 

Hampshire Regiment, 1st/4th Battalion: