DAYUS James Sydney

  • First Name(s):
    James 
    Sydney 
  • Surname:
    DAYUS
  • Service Number:
    8736
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Royal Warwickshire Regiment
  • Battalion:
    11th Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    1st August 1916
  • Age At Death:
  • Cause of Death:
    Killed in action
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Becourt Military Cemetery, Becordel-Becourt, France, Grave I. U. 22.
  • Place of Birth:
    Born All Saints, Worcester, enlisted Worcester
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:
    Unknown
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DAYUS James Sydney Is Named On These Memorials

Worcester All Saints Church
Worcester Guildhall

Further Information About DAYUS James Sydney

1901 Census
Wellington Court, Worcester
James S. Dayus, son, age 7. With mother Elizabeth (head), married and 6 siblings aged 1-14

Unable to locate on 1911 census

Parish register
26 July 1913 Marriage of James Sidney Dayus, 20, bachelor, labourer, Rack Alley, father- John Charles Henry Dayus, labourer; and Joy Butt, 19, spinster, Rack Alley, father- Albert William Butt, Hawker.

Awarded the Victory, Star and British War Medals.

A photograph of Private J.S. Dayus can be found in Berrow’s Worcester Journal Supplement, Saturday 26th August 1916, available at Worcestershire Archives.

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Credits: Census records, parish register and Medal Roll researched and transcribed by Paul Hudson.