Private Sidney Charles Corston

Army Number: 15031

Battalion: 15th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Cheadle, Cheshire and lived at Manton, Rutland. Son of James and Caroline Corston, of 52, Park Road, Norbiton, Kingston-On-Thames. He enlisted at Retford and went to France 17the August 1915 and was killed in action, 26th October 1917, aged 20, whilst serving at Elverdinghe near Ypres, Belgium.

Commemorated: Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium. Panel 99 to 102 and 162 to 162A.

Private Sidney Charles Corston is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
St. Mary’s Church War Memorial, Manton, Rutland.