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69080 1st Battalion, The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
Sidney Nunn was born in Sudbury in 1899, the eldest son of four children of Walter and Mary Nunn. His father was a butcher with a shop in North Street and the family lived in Suffolk Road.
Sidney was living in Sudbury when he enlisted to serve with the Royal West Surrey Regiment. The battalion formed part of 13th Brigade, 5th Division. It is not known when Sidney joined his battalion but probably when the 5th Division returned to France from Italy in April 1918.
In August the Allies launched their successful offensive at the Battle of Amiens which would eventually lead to end of the war. Sidney’s battalion saw action during a phase of the Second Battle of Arras at Drocourt-Queant (2 - 3 September) and as the enemy retreated they fought the Battles of the Hindenburg Line (12 September – 12 October) at Epehy (18 September).
Sidney died on 21 September 1918 aged 18 and lies buried in Meath Cemetery, Villers-Guislain, Nord, France. He was awarded the British War Medal and Victory Medal.
A Cross of Remembrance was laid by his grave in October 2012. Two French
farmer workers who were nearby at the time of our visit paid their respects to Sidney with us.
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