Lance Corporal Sidney Alfred Toogood - MM
| Date of Birth | c. 1888 |
|---|---|
| Age at Death | 29 |
| Date of Death | 27 September 1917 |
| Service Number | SD5649 |
| Military Service | 13th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment |
| Merton Address | Primrose Cottage, East Fields, Locks Lane |
| Local Memorial | St. Mark's Church, Mitcham |
Additional Information
Sidney was a Mitcham man, born and bred. He was baptised in the Parish Church of SS Peter and Paul on 7 July 1889 and grew up in Spencer Road, Mitcham. His father Richard was a chemical worker, his mother’s name was Harriet and he had two older siblings, Maud and Bertie.
By the 1911 census the family were living at Primrose Cottage, East Fields, Locks Lane in Mitcham. The three children were all in their twenties but still lived at home and Sidney was working in a butcher’s shop.
He enlisted on 13 April 1916 at Mitcham. He was 5ft 9ins tall and weighed 165 lb and joined the 13th Battalion of the Royal Sussex Regiment as a Private but was later promoted to Lance Corporal.
He was part of the British Expeditionary Force and was killed in action on 27 September 1917. He is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial and in St Mark’s Church, Mitcham.
Sidney left a sum of £231 4s 5d on his death which went to his father and on 16 October 1917 it was announced in the London Gazette that he had been awarded the Military Medal for “bravery in the field”