Sidney Albert Weeks

Story:
Sidney Albert Weeks was born in Sixpenny Handley, Dorset, in 1879 and baptised there on 13 Jul 1879 the son of John Weeks and Charlotte Weeks (nee Brewer).  He lived his early life in Sixpenny Handley.  He married Eliza Jane Croad at St. John the Evangelist Church, Branksome, Dorset, on 14 Apr 1900 and they set up home in Lucas Road, Branksome, Dorset.  Regrettably his wife died in 1904.  There were two children of this marriage. He had enlisted with the Devonshire Regiment as a Private (Service No. 13578).  He served in France and Flanders from 22 Sep 1915 until he was transferred to the Labour Corps (Service No. 190919).  He contracted malaria and also suffered from rheumatism attributable to the conditions of his earlier service for which he eventually received a pension.  He was formally discharged on 14 Feb 1919 and awarded the Victory and British War Medals as well as the 1915 Star.  He remarried Victoria May White (nee Russ), the widow of Walter White who died in service on 1 Oct 1918, in Yeovil, Somerset, during 1920. There were a further three children born. The 1921 Census shows him living at The Sheepwash, Martock, Somerset, working as a Gardener.   His early death was recorded in Martock, Somerset, on 16 Jul 1936.   His brother, Fred Herbert Weeks, had also served but regrettably died during the conflict.