The Knutsford Lads Who Never Came Home by Tony Davies

Author:Tony Davies
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780956829474
Publisher: Tony Davies
Published: 2014-04-15T00:00:00+00:00

SIDNEY HOWARD

Sidney Howard was born in Manchester in 1894, the son of Albert Edward (a publican) and Catherine, who later became the licensees of the White Bear in Knutsford. Sidney stayed for a time with his uncle who ran the Rose and Crown in Knutsford.

He joined the 12 th Battalion of the Manchester Regiment, becoming Private, later Lance Corporal 251776.

Brief history of the Battalion:

The 12 th (Service) Battalion, Manchester was raised at Ashton-under-Lyne in September 1914 as part of Kitchener’s Second New Army, and joined 52 nd Brigade, 17 th (Northern) Division. After initial training close to home, they moved to Wimborne in January 1915 they in May 1915 moved to Hursley Park, Winchester for final training. The division had been selected for Home Defence duties, but this was reversed and they proceeded to France, landing at Boulogne on the 17 th of July 1915, the division concentrating near St Omer. They moved into the Southern Ypres salient for trench familiarisation and then took over the the front lines in that area. In the spring of 1916 they were in action at the Bluff, south east of Ypres on the Comines canal then moved south to The Somme seeing action during The Battle of Albert in which the Division captured Fricourt and The Battle of Delville Wood. In 1917 they moved to Arras and saw action in The First and Second Battles of the Scarpe and The Capture of Roeux. In late summer they moved to Flanders, on the 24 th of September 1917 they absorbed the Headquarters troops and two squadrons of the dismounted Duke of Lancaster’s Yeomanry and fought in The First and Second Battles of Passchendaele.

Thanks to the Wartime Memories Project.

Sidney died of wounds on the 26 th October 1917.

I have been unable to trace where and when he received his wounds.

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