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Bilston, Codsall, France, Plough Lane, Queen Street Congregational Church, Seisdon, Sidney Jones, Silver War Badge, South Staffordshire Regiment, Waterloo Road
Sidney was born in Wolverhampton on 23 April 1894, the eldest child of Arthur Benjamin Jones and Gertrude Hannah Chambers. He had a brother, Arthur Cyril born 1895, and a sister, Hilda Gertrude, in 1899. In 1901 the family was living at Avenue Villa, Codsall. By 1911 the family was at 87 Waterloo Road, Wolverhampton, in a seven bedroomed property. Sidney and his brother, Arthur, were both clerks for a hardware manufacturer.
In 1911 Arthur and Gertrude Jones became members of the Queen Street Congregational Church and Sidney followed in 1912. His name is on the Church’s 1914-15 Roll of Honour. Sidney enlisted on 3 September 1914 and served in the 1/6th South Staffordshire Regiment. He went to France on 5 March 1915. Sidney was discharged on 6 February 1919. He was given the Silver War Badge, and also a pension from 7 February 1919, due to gun shot wounds to arm, chest and thigh.
Sidney married Evelyn M Shinton in 1920 and moved for a while to 97 Plough Lane, Bilston. On the 1939 National Register he was living with his father, who was now widowed and ran a boarding house at 20 Aldersley Avenue, Seisdon. Sidney was recorded as a hollowware maufacturer and engineer. Sidney died in Wolverhampton in 1966.
The research for this blog post was completed by volunteer Susan Martin.
