Sydney 'was a fine fellow and a brave soldier, and he died while leading his men into battle'.
Teesdale Mercury-22/05/1918: Local and other notes: Killed in action
Teesdale Mercury-14/05/1919: In memoriam
Teesdale Mercury-05/06/1918: Local and other notes: Letters on recent death in action
Son of Thomas and Alice Hall, Bridgegate.
Thomas was married and had three children.
Sydney is mentioned in a 1915 a letter from Corporal Phillip Watson, who states that twenty men in his unit had been wounded on their first night in the trenches. Sydney had sustained particularly bad injuries.
In May 1917 the Mercury reported that Sydney had been wounded; he later recovered in hospital.
Teesdale Mercury-10/10/1917: Local and other notes: Wounded in hospital
Teesdale Mercury-02/05/1917: Local and other notes: Wounded
Teesdale Mercury-29/12/1915: War items: Mention of wounding in letter from Philip Watson