Sidney Charles Wareham

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Sidney Charles Wareham was born in 1878 in Iwerne Minster, Shaftesbury, Dorset, and baptised there on 1 September, 1878. He was the son of William Wareham, a farmer, and Charlotte Matilda Wareham (née Burt). At the time of the 1911 Census he was single, working as a groom and living at High Street, Iwerne Minster, Dorset. He enlisted in Sherborne, Dorset, as a Private in the Dorset (Queen's Own) Yeomanry (Service No. 860). The Yeomanry was later absorbed into the Household Cavalry and Cavalry of the Line (Service No. 230234). He served in Egypt and Palestine as a Trooper from 22 Apr 1915 and was awarded the Victory and British War Medals as well as the 1915 Star. He died of wounds on 9th June 1918 and was buried at Jerusalem War Cemetery, Jerusalem, Israel (then Palestine) (grave id. N.91). He is remembered on the Iwerne Minster War Memorial, Shaftesbury. His mother was in receipt of a dependent's pension.