Lance Corporal PO/13006 William SIDEBOTHAM
Royal Marines Light Infantry HMS Hampshire
Killed in Action, Monday 5th June 1916, Orkney, Scotland, Age 32
Home address:
46 Haughton Street, Hyde, Cheshire
Born:
1884, Gee Cross, Cheshire
Parents:
Kate Sidebotham and Nathan Sidebotham
73 Chapel View, Hyde, Cheshire
Marital Status:
Single
Occupation:
Private Marine Light Infantry
Enlisted:
Manchester, Lancashire
Remembered:
Lyness Royal Naval Cemetery, Orkney, row F, grave 102.
Link to Hyde:
Lived in Hyde
Serving onboard HMS Argyll when 1911 Census was taken.
Awarded 1914-15 Star, Victory & British War Medals.
Killed when HMS Hampshire struck a mine off the Orkney Islands.
Lord Kitchener, Secretary of State for War, was also lost in this disaster.