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Samuel was born in Wolverhampton on 25 November 1894, the youngest of 14 or 15 children of Isaac and Alice Winifred Beddows. Samuel was related to the Beddows brothers, Edward Charles Beddows and William John Beddows. His grandfather, Isaac, was brother to William, grandfather of Edward and William, founder of William Beddows and Co, Timber Merchants.In 1901 they were at 57 Pond Lane, with siblings John, Hugh, Neil, Roland, May and Charlie. By 1911, they were at 134 Pond Lane, Wolverhampton. Samuel was a labourer for an iron foundry. At some point he worked for Bayliss, Jones and Bayliss Ltd.
He enlisted with the D Company of the 6th Battalion of the South Staffordshire Regiment (number 3440). He first served in France from 5 March 1915. The 6th Battalion South Staffs marched to Wulverghem (Belgium, South of Ypres) on 6 April and took over trenches from the 5th Battalion. The war diary notes that the situation was quiet on 7, 8 and 9 April when the “enemy placed 3 shells 300 yards north of X dugout”. According to an article in the Express & Star on 16 April 1915, he was struck by a flying fragment after a shell burst nearby, and he was killed on 9 April 1915, alongside other local men, Privates Wilfred Ray Jones, Henry Shinton and William Steen Whittle (reg nos 3021, 3166, 2834 respectively). He is remembered at the St Quentin Cabaret Military Cemetery, as well as on the Monmoor and Victoria Works Memorial, and the St Luke’s Church Memorial in Blakenhall.
Wolverhampton's War 
Samuel Sydney Beddows was born on 25 November 1894 and was the youngest of 14 or 15 siblings born to Isaac Beddows and Alice Winifred Green. The 6th Battalion South Staffs marched to Wulverghem (Belgium, South of Ypres) on 6 April and took over trenches from the 5th Battalion. The war diary notes that the situation was quiet on 7, 8 and 9 April when the “enemy placed 3 shells 300 yards north of X dugout”. Samuel was killed in the incident alongside Private Wilfred Ray Jones, Henry Shinton and William Steen Whittle (reg nos 3021, 3166, 2834 respectively).
Samuel Sydney Beddows was related to the Beddows brothers, Edward Charles Beddows and William John Beddows, both documented in this blog. His grandfather, Isaac, was brother to William, grandfather of Edward and William, founder of William Beddows and Co, Timber Merchants.
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