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Name

Sydney Ellis

Birth: 2 December 1893, Nelson, Lancashire

Death: June 1957, Nelson, Lancashire    Tree

Rank: Private, Royal Navy

Service no. M9851

Period of Service: 2 August 1914 to 25 May 1919

Private Sydney Ellis of Nelson was a member of the Nelson Ambulance Corps and formerly resided at 35 Regent Street, Nelson. Private Ellis was one of the first contingent of ambulance men to leave Nelson for active service. He was drafted first to Chatham, then to Deal and then to Belgium. He was captured whilst attending to a wounded German. He was released in order to accompany some wounded English soldiers who were being exchanged for wounded German soldiers, prisoners in England.

Service Record

Sources: FindMyPast, Ancestry, Colne & Nelson Times War Album 1914-15

 

 

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  02 May 2014