SIDNEY WILLIAMS
Remembered by Ransomes, Sims & Jefferies with entrance gates, dedicated in May 1958, at Ransomes Sports’ Centre, Sidegate Avenue, Ipswich.
Born: 1st July 1905, Ipswich.
Died: 30th December 1940; age: 35; of Pulmonary Tuberculosis.
Residence: 18, Newton Road, Ipswich.
Employed: at Ransomes, Sims & Jefferies, Ipswich.
Enlistment Details: Location: Chatham; Occupation: Errand Boy. Date: 1st July 1923 – signed up for 12 years. Height: 5ft 10ins, fresh complexion, blue eyes & fair hair.
Service:
Ganges – Boy II – 28th July 1921
Ganges – Boy I – 2nd April 1922 – 12th October 1922
Calliope (Cleopatra) – Boy I – 13th October 1922 – 25th March 1923
Cornflower – Boy I – 26th March 1923 – 13th April 1923
Marlborough – Boy I – 14th April 1923
Marlborough – Ordinary Seaman – 1st July 1923
Marlborough – Able Seaman – 4th July 1924 – 31st March 1926
Pembroke I – Able Seaman – 1st April 1926 – 4th June 1926
Ajax (Canterbury) – Able Seaman – 5th June 1926 – 28th October 1926
Canterbury – Able Seaman – 29th October 1926 – 10th November 1926
Pembroke I – Able Seaman – 11th November 1926 – 22nd June 1927
Royal Oak – Able Seaman – 23rd June 1927.
Character – Very Good.
Rank: Able Seaman; Service Number: C/J 103250.
Regiment: Royal Navy, H.M.S. ‘Velox.’
Grave Reference:
L.L.6.1921
Ipswich.
Relatives Notified & Address: Son of George & Violet Williams, of Ipswich; husband of Alexandra Maud Williams, of Ipswich.
CENSUS
1911 18, Newton Road, Ipswich.
Sidney was 5 years old and living with his parents & siblings.
George Williams, 37, a Stationary Engine Driver – Gas Works, born Gosport, Hampshire.
Violet Alice Williams (nee Woodstock), 30, born Ipswich.
Violet May Williams, 13, a General Domestic Servant, born Ipswich.
George Williams, 11, born Ipswich.
Charles Mark Williams, 9, born Ipswich.
Harold Williams, 1 month, born Ipswich.
1921 18, Newton Road, Ipswich.
Sidney was 15 years and 11 months old. He was employed as an Iron Monger for the Smyth Brothers of Ipswich. He lived with his parents and brother.
George Williams, 47 years & 2 months old, a Gas Works Foreman for the Ipswich Gas Light Company, Ipswich.
Violet Williams, 40 years & 2 months old, Home Duties.
Harold Williams, 10 years & 4 months old, at School.
Sidney’s father, George Williams, died in 1936 in Ipswich.
In 1929, Wandsworth, London, Sidney married Alexandra Maud Powell, born September 1904, Ipswich.
Alexandra and Sidney had three children:
May L.V. Williams, born 1931, Ipswich – died 1931, Ipswich.
Sidney G. Williams, born 1932, Ipswich.
Judith M. Williams, born Ipswich.
ENGLAND & WALES REGISTER 1939
Sidney’s wife and children lived at their family home – 18, Newton Road, Ipswich.
Alexandra, unpaid Domestic Duties.
Sidney.
Judith.
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