Dates:
War Service:
Private 11782 SYDNEY CHARLES EBDEN of 10th battalion Devonshire Regiment died of wounds on 8 March 1917, aged 21. He enlisted on 9 September 1914, shortly after the outbreak of war.
He is buried and remembered in Karasouli Military Cemetery, Thessalonika in Greece.
Location of Memorial:
He is also remembered on the war memorials at St Andrew's Church, Catford and the Sydenham, Forest Hill & District Tradesmen’s Benefit Society.
Details:
He was the son of George and Lily Ebden of 98, Sandhurst Rd., Catford. He was educated at Sandhurst Road, school. Before the war he was employed as a shop manager.
Source:
Contributed By: Andy Pepper and Philip Evans. Photograph from Kevin Loughnane
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