Commemorated: | |||
| 1. Memorial: | Ypres Town Cemetery Extension | II. E. 4. Flanders | |
| 2. Book: | The (1921) Masonic Roll of Honour 1914-1918 | Pg.134 | |
| 3. Memorial: | The (1940) Scroll - WW1 Roll of Honour | 18D GQS | |
| 4. Book: | De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour | Vol 1 | |
Awards & Titles: | |||
Family :
Son of Col. Thomas Davies Sewell and Elizabeth Sophia Sewell.Service Life:
Campaigns:
- The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.
| Unit / Ship / Est.: 3rd Field Company |
| Action : Winter Operations 1914-1915 |
23 November 1914 - 6 February 1915. As the armies of 1914 fought themselves to exhaustion they settled down by the end of the year to the realities of static trench warfare. During the winter, activity was mostly comprised of a series of small scale raids and attempts by the BEF to gain superiority over the battlefront. At the same time increasing numbers of Territorial battalions and replacements for the Regular battalions came into theatre and had to be trained and acclimatised to trench occupation. This period was further noted for the severity of the weather and the need to rapidly source and equip the troops with adequate winter and waterproof equipment, whilst improving the trench conditions. Miserable times.
Detail :
SEWELL, SIDNEY DAVIES, Major. 3rd London Field Coy., Royal Engineers Elder son of Colonel Thomas Davies Sewell of 29, Grosvenor Road, Westminster. Born London 12 October 1875 and educated at Tonbridge School. He obtained a commission as 2nd Lieut. (Volunteers) 23 June 1892 and was promoted to Lieutenant on 23 June, 1894, to Captain 19 June 1898 and to Major 16 April. 1910. He was in command of the 3rd London Field Coy. (P.F.), and volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of war in August 1914. He went to France in January 1915 and was killed in action near Ypres 18 February 1915.
He is commemorated on the Swanage War Memorial
Masonic :
| Type | Lodge Name and No. | Province/District : |
|---|---|---|
| Mother : | Royal Engineers No. 2599 E.C. | London |
| Joined : | De Moulham No. 1146 E.C. | Dorset |
Initiated | Passed | Raised |
19th December 1908 | 23rd January 1909 | 20th February 1909 |
Joined De Moulham Lodge 17th January, 1910.
Source :
The project globally acknowledges the following as sources of information for research across the whole database:
- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- The (UK) National Archives
- Ancestry.co.uk - Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History online
- ugle.org.uk - The records of the United Grand Lodge of England including the Library and Museum of Freemasonry
Additional Source:
- Founder Researchers : Paul Masters & Mike McCarthy
- Researcher : Bruce Littley