Sydney Barlow

Remembered with Honour.1914 Star, British War Medal and Allied Victory Medal

Sydney Barlow.

Personal Details:

Born in Malpas on 16th July 1885.

Son of Thomas Barlow and Elizabeth (Nee Barlow) Hewitt of Top House, Chorlton Lane, Malpas.

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Military Details:

Regiment:           2nd Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers.

Rank:                 Private.

Serial Number:   9453.

Sydney had enlisted in the army in 1907, and was serving in India between 1909 and 1914.

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Record of Death:

Killed in action in France on 30th October 1914. Aged 29.

Buried in Pont-du-Hem Military Cemetery, La Gorgue, Nord, France. XI.C.3.

Gravestone Inscription:

"THY WILL BE DONE"

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Medals and Awards:

Sydney was awarded the Campaign Medals (1914 Star, British War Medal and Allied Victory Medal).

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Further Information:

It is believed that Sydney was working as a servant at Larkton Hall, Larkton at the time of the 1901 Census and was in India at the time of the 1911 Census. 

His military record indicates he had a brother, Richard and a sister, Elizabeth but we cannot trace the family in the 1891 Census.

These records also indicate Sydney had half siblings, John Hewitt, Lucy Walton (believed to be Lucy Hewitt, marrying John Walton in 1919) and Annie Phipps (believed to be Annie Hewitt, marrying Walter Phipps in 1919.)   

They also indicate his mother was Elizabeth Hewitt. It is assumed that Elizabeth Hewitt was previously Elizabeth Barlow. 

The closest we have come to tracing these families in the Census records is the 1891 Census showing an Eliza Barlow (widow) and a John Hewitt (single) both working as servants on Top Farm, Oldcastle, Cheshire for Thomas Blantern, farmer.

We can find no trace of any of the Barlow children in the 1891 Census or the Hewitt children in the 1901 Census.

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