Private Sidney Charles Worboys
Rank or Title
Date of Birth
1889
Date of Death
28 Oct 1916
War time / or Pre War occupation
Straw hat trade worker
Employer
Albert Worboys (father)
Regiment
Service Number
6063
Place of Birth
Luton
World War I Address
176 High Town Road
Luton
Place of Death
Somme
Grave Location
Rue-du-Bacquerot No 1 Military Cemetery
Laventie
War Memorial Location
Soldier or Civilian
- Soldier
Source
The Luton News , 23rd November 1916

Pte Sidney Charles Worboys, 6063, 1/8th Battalion Middlesex Regiment, was killed in action on October 28th, 1916. He was aged 27.
The son of Albert and Emma Worboys, of 176 High Road Road, Luton, he had served at the Front since July 1916. Second Lieut Burns said in a letter to his parents that Sidney was killed instantly by a trench mortar and was buried with military honours in a little cemetery behind the lines.
Prior to enlistment he was employed in his father's straw hat manufacturing business that was being managed by brother Edgar. A third son, Archibald George, was on active service and would lose his life as a sergeant with South Staffordshire Regiment on October 6th, 1918.
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