Bedford
Selected Biography
Bedford, Sidney Francis – Born: Kelvedon, Essex on 8.4.1897.[1] Parents: Moses Bedford (Railway Stationmaster at Long Melford) and Naomi [née Hills]. Family Connections: Brother to Percy John Bedford [b1900]. Home: Railway Station, Long Melford (1901), 2 Queens Down Road, Clapton, London (1911), 65 Victoria Road, Diss, Norfolk [1929],[2] 3 Waveney Road, Diss (1939). Occupation: Self-employed Motor Engineer (1939). Married: Ivy Mary Rodwell Copping in 1932. Service Record: Sidney was conscripted as Pte.M/293491 with a Mechanical Transport Company of the Army Service Corps during the First World War.[3] Died: Diss, Norfolk on 2.11.1967.
Notes – [1] Date of birth taken from the 1939 Register for Diss. [2] Address for a court case see Diss Express 15.11.1929. [3] Service Medal and Award Rolls 1914-1918 [WO 329] and Service Medal and Award Rolls Index Cards 1914-1922 [WO 372].
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