William Sydney Alman

SYRACUSE WAR CEMETERY, SICILY

William (Sydney) Alman

Second Lieutenant No. 277952

274 FD Company, Royal Engineers.

Killed in action in Sicily 14 July 1943. Four days after the Allied landing. Age 24

Buried in Syracuse War Cemetery Sicily. VI. C. 14.

HE IS NOT FORGOTTEN BUT LIVES ON IN OUR HEARTS FOR EVER YOUNG IN OUR MEMORY

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Born in Birkenhead in 1919, his birth registered in Q2 1919 (April)

Son of William & Mary Alman. (Nee Booth)

William had a twin brother John.

Both William's grandfather and father were born in Malpas

The 1911 Census records William's father aged 16 (also William born in 1895) living with his parents John and Minnie Allman in Well Street, Malpas. He was recorded as a cycle fitter apprentice at Black Park, Whitchurch. 

He is registered in the 1921 census as living at 26, Charlecombe Street, Birkenhead.

In the 1939 census, William’s father and his wife had separated and were living in Chester & Birkenhead respectively.