Private Sidney John SHIRLEY, 203297, (TF/2663), 2nd / 4th Battalion,  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Egypt, 4th November 1917, age 21.

Born Reading, Berkshire, son of George and Elizabeth Shirley, of 98, Overy Street, Dartford, Kent.

1911 Census - 98, Overy Street, Dartford, Kent - George Shirley, head, age 37, married, Railway Signal Fitter, worker, born Reading, Berkshire; Elizabeth Shirley, wife, age 39, married 14 years, 9 children, all still alive, born Theale, Berkshire; Sidney Shirley, son, age 14, labourer, paper mills, worker, born Reading, Berkshire; Edith Shirley, daughter, age 10, school, born Lewisham, Kent; Vera Shirley, daughter, age 9, school, born Lewisham, Kent; May Shirley, daughter, age 7, school, born Lewisham, Kent; George Shirley, son, age 6, school, born Dartford, Kent; Thomas Shirley, son, age 4, born Dartford, Kent; John Shirley, son, age 1, born Dartford, Kent; Ivy Shirley, daughter, age 1, born Dartford, Kent; Earnest Shirley, son, age 1 month, born Dartford, Kent.

Enlisted Bromley, Kent.  Resided Dartford, Kent.

9th August 1915, posted Balkans Theatre of War.

Buried  at Beersheba War Cemetery, G. 42., Israel.

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