WORLD WAR I
Bingham War Memorial
Service Record
| 341227 | Private Sydney Cuddy | “A” Company 22nd (Tyneside Scottish) Bn Northumberland Fusiliers | Born 1899 |
| Killed in action on 21/03/1918, the same day as Joseph
Dunsmore, and probably the same general action. |
commemorated on Arras Memorial | Bay 2 and 3 | |
| War Diary | The war diaries reveal a serious piece of sustained hostile action which resulted in a reverse for Cuddy’s battalion. Over 500 officers and men were wounded or missing. He was one of 31 killed, including his commanding officer. The war diary for that day makes for grim but realistic reading. | ||
| 1914-1918.net | 22nd (Service) Battalion (3rd Tyneside Scottish) Formed at Newcastle, 5 November 1914, by the Lord Mayor and City in June 1915 : came under orders of 102nd Brigade, 34th Division. Landed in France in January 1916. Army records.com notes the battalion was involved n the second battle of the Somme at the battle of St Quentin, which started on the 21st March, the day Private Cuddy was killed. The battle ended on 23rd March. |
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| Greatwar.co.uk | With 72 German divisions in positions ready to attack in three
waves, thousands of infantrymen from three German Armies (17th, 2nd and
18th) left the German Front Line after a five hour artillery bombardment
by over 6,600 artillery pieces. Some 3.2 million shells were destined to
land on the British-held front during that first day of the attack. To the
German's advantage there was fog in the Somme battlefield sector, enabling
the infantry to appear in the British forward positions without being seen
to leave the German trenches. The southern part of the British front held by Fifth Army was successfully broken by the German Eighteenth Army and the left wing of Second Army. Their troops advanced through the British Battle Zone in the forward area of the Front Line. In a change to the original plan, General Ludendorff decided to reinforce the sector of the attack on Operation Michael's left wing which was reported to be making good progress. |
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| CWGC | No family information | ||
| Absent Voters list | Sydney is listed on the absent voters list for 1918. This was probably because the list was compiled before he died. It shows him as belonging to “A” company, 2nd Bn Northumberland Fusiliers. As with his brother, Alban, his address was given as Long Acre. | ||
| Register of Effects |
On 18th October 1918 Sydney’s’ father was paid £12.16s10d. back pay and War Gratuity (£5.10s.0d) in one payment | ||
No army records on ancestry – medal card
Family history etc
| 341227 | Private Sydney Cuddy | ||
| 1898 | Born Bingham, baptised 05/12/1898 |
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| Census 1891 | Family living in Market Place Father: James Joseph, b 1860 in Creggs, Co. Roscommon, Ireland Mother: Mary A (nee Robinson), b 1862 Cropwell Butler Children: Margaret May, b 1888 Bingham Bertha, b 1889 Bingham |
Agricultural labourer |
Census – James born in County Galway |
| Census 1901 | Living in Newgate Street with Father: James Joseph Mother: MaryAnn Siblings: Bertha, b.1889 Norah, b 1891 Thomas Dennis, b 1893 Alban James, b 1895 Barbara, b 1897 Sarah A, b1901. Note: Margaret May living in with Elias Sanford and family, Methodist Minister, Park Terrace, Southwell |
Waggoner on farm
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Census – James born in Ross |
| Census 1911 | Living in 4 roomed house on Newgate Street with Father: James Mother Mary Siblings: Norah (m Albert Ellis 1915; d 1963)
Barbara Note : Thomas Dennis living in at Laxton Lodge, Kneesall |
At School Waggoner on farm Domestic Service
Helping at Home
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Alban served in the Royal Air Force in WW1
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| Medal card | Medal record card notes correspondence:”appl for medals 6/2/23: address Long Acre, Bingham | ||
| 1929 | James and Mary Cuddy died | Mary was on the ladies’ committee of the Bingham branch of The Royal British Legion. | |
| James Cuddy is probably an example of the groups of itinerant Irish farm labourers who came for the harvests during much of the 19th century. | |||
