Sydney Francis Marlow
Service Number
R/30888
Military Unit
1st Bn King's Royal Rifle Corps
Date of birth
09 Sep 1891
Date of Death
17 Feb 1917 (26 Years Old)
Place of Birth
Unknown
Employment, Education or Hobbies
Civil Servant in Fiji. Sydney had gone to Fiji on 04/06/1914, his brother Alfred was already there, working has a builder. Alfred spent his whole adult life there, dying at the age of 95. After the war Sydney's mother and 2 of his sisters moved to Fiji as well. Sydney was an early member of the Boy Scout movement in Mansfield. Once he reached Fiji he started a boy scout group. He is supposed to have met Baden Powell just before he left for Fiji and Baden Powell asked him to start the Boy Scout Movement in Fiji.
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Family History
Parents: George Henry and Williamena Marlow of 62 Rosemary Street, Mansfield. George ran a local shop.
Military History
Enlisted July 1916
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Photographs
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