Private Sidney Dore

Army Number: 266255 (formerly 3895)

Battalion: 1/7th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born and lived at 26, Manor Street, Sneinton, Nottingham. Son of Thomas W. and Elizabeth Dore. He was a brush maker prior to enlisting at Nottingham. He went to France on 27th October 1915 and was killed in action, on 1st July 1916, in the attack on the German positions at Gommecourt, France, on the first day of the Battle of the Somme.

Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, France. Pier and Face 10 C 10 D and 11 A.

Private Sidney Dore is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
St. Stephen’s Church War Memorial, Sneinton, Nottingham.
Nottingham Central Methodist Mission (Albert Hall) War Memorial, Nottingham.
Castle Gate Congregational Church Roll of Honour, (Nottinghamshire Archives), Nottingham.