Captain Sydney Truman Durose

Army Number : n/a

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

Born 18th July 1892 at Nottingham and lived at “Sunnyholme”, Alexandra Park, Nottingham. Son of Arthur and Annie Maude Durose, of “Upwood,” The Warren, Radlett, Hertfordshire. He was educated at West House, Edgbaston, Warwickshire and Sidney House, Oundle, Northamptonshire. He was articled to his father as a chartered accountant in August 1910 and was reading for his final exam when war broke out. He joined the OTC of Nottingham University College in August 1914. He obtained a commission as Second Lieutenant in the 2/7th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment, 6th October 1914. He joined the 1/7th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment, at Ouderdom, Belgium, 27th July 1915. He was promoted Captain, 14th October 1915. He took part in the Battles of Loos (France) and Hooge (Belgium) and was invalided home due to trench fever. He rejoined the 2/7th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment in Ireland in 1916 and went with them to France in February 1917. He was killed in action at Le Verguier, France, 2nd April 1917, aged 24, and was buried by the Germans with 4 of his men in Le Verguier village cemetery.

Buried: Jeancourt Communal Cemetery Extension, France. Plot 2. Row A. Grave 19.

Captain Sydney Truman Durose is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
Mapperley War Memorial, Nottingham.
Nottingham University OTC War Memorial, Nottingham
Derby Road Baptist Church War Memorial (Thomas Helwys Baptist Church), Nottingham.