Private Sidney Cornelius
| Service | Army | Service No. | 10525 |
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| Rank | Private | |||
| Regiment: | Devonshire Regiment, 8th Battalion (Service) | |||
| Date of Birth: | 1886Born Dawlish | Date of Death: | 25/09/1915 | |
| Memorial: | Dawlish | Memorial Inscription | CORNELIUS S. PTE. DEVON REGT | |
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Service History |
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Sidney Cornelius enlisted at Exeter with the 8th (service) Battalion of the Devonshire Regiment. They arrived in France shortly before the Battle of Loos and he was reported missing, presumed killed. (see Document -life story for news report) |
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Association with Dawlish |
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Sidney Cornelius was one of six children of Samuel Alfred Cornelius (1857-1938) and Harriet Woodberry, (born Q2, 1855 in Tiverton district - 1914). Samuel Alfred and Harriet Cornelius married in June 1884. By 1891 they were living in Commercial Road with two sons, Sidney (1886-1915), James Alfred (1888-1951). Sidney Cornelius was baptised in St Gregory's Church on 20th June 1886. In the following ten years they had two more children, William Reginald (b 1894) and Ellen May (b 1895). Sidney Cornelius moved and was boarding at 3 Quay Street, Truro, Cornwall in 1911 where he describes himself as a Fruiterer's manager. |
| Devon Roll of Honour | Cornelius, Sidney, Pte, Devon Regt, 25th Sep 1915, France |
| Additional Information |
Commonwealth War Graves Site |
| Next of Kin: | Samuel Alfred Cornelius, father |
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| Last Known Address: | 3 Quay Street, Truro, Cornwall |
 Cornelius and Crideford names on panel |
 Dud Corner Cemetery near Loos |
 Loos Centenary - Wreath from Devonshire Regt |
 Medal record card |
| Sidney Cornelius - life story |
| Battle of Loos, Order of Service 25 September 2015 |
| The Battle of Loos, 15/9/15 |
| Extract Order of Service for Battle of Loos |
Free Birth Marriage Death records
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Ancestry family tree (Clark, part)
Family history material (Ian Watts).