Second Lieutenant Sidney Blagg

Army Number: n/a (formerly QMS 552, South Notts Hussars)

Battalion: 1st Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Awards: Mentioned in Despatches.

Son of Thomas and Margaret E. Blagg, of 25, Cartergate, Newark-On-Trent, Nottinghamshire.  He was a bank clerk prior to enlisting. He was  Sergeant in the South Nottinghamshire Hussars at the outbreak of war and served with them for 3 years as Royal Quarter Master Sergeant. He was commissioned  Second Lieutenant 1st Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment, 17th March 1918. He was killed in action, 29th May 1918, aged 37, whilst in the line near Bouleuse, France. 

Commemorated : Soissons Memorial, France.

Second Lieutenant Sidney Blagg is also commemorated on the following memorials:-
St. Mary’s Church Borough of Newark Roll of Honour, Newark, Nottinghamshire. 
St. Mary’s Church Parishioners Roll of Honour, Newark, Nottinghamshire. 
Magnus Grammar School War Memorial, St. Mary’s Church, Newark, Nottinghamshire. 
Nottingham Rowing Club War Memorial, Nottingham.
Nottingham Amalgamated Rowing Clubs War Memorial, Nottingham.
Newark Cemetery War Memorial, Newark, Nottinghamshire. 
Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham.