We remember Sidney Charles Cornelius

We remember Sidney Charles Cornelius

Timeline

Timeline

1897
sibling Richard Cornelius Source:9293046 1897
1901
sibling Lucy Cornelius Source:9293046 1901
1903
birth Dawlish, Devon United Kingdom Source:7708837 Source:9293046 24th March 1903
1904
sibling Nellie Cornelius Source:9293046 1904
1906
sibling Bessie Cornelius Source:9293046 1906
1911
location Swan Court, Old Town, Dawlish, Devon United Kingdom parents address Source:9293046 2nd April 1911
1917
enlistment Source:7708837 15th May 1917
1917
service Royal Navy Bugler 19516 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division Source:7708837 15th May 1917 - 22nd July 1918
1918
service Royal Navy Bugler 19516 Orion Source:7708837 23rd July 1918 - 30th July 1920
1920
service Royal Navy Bugler 19516 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division Source:7708837 31st July 1920 - 28th August 1920
1920
service Royal Navy Private 19516 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division Source:7708837 29th August 1920 - 8th March 1922
1922
service Royal Navy Private 19516 Centaur Source:7708837 9th March 1922 - 21st June 1923
1923
service Royal Navy Marine 19516 Centaur Source:7708837 22nd June 1923 - 24th September 1923
1923
service Royal Navy Marine 19516 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division Source:7708837 25th September 1923 - 4th November 1923
1923
service Royal Navy Marine 19516 Hood Source:7708837 5th November 1923 - 28th December 1924
1924
hospitalisation Loss of the terminal phalanx of the little finger of the right hand. Hospital/Institution Source:7708837 1924
1924
service Royal Navy Marine 19516 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division Source:7708837 29th December 1924 - 28th January 1925
1925
service Royal Navy Marine 19516 Thunderer Source:7708837 29th January 1925 - 31st August 1926
1926
service Royal Navy Marine 19516 Erebus Source:7708837 1st September 1926 - 30th September 1926
1926
service Royal Navy Marine 19516 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division Source:7708837 1st October 1926 - 19th April 1927
1927
marriage Violet Millicent Cornelius nee Purchase Source:9293465 19th January 1927
1927
service Royal Navy Marine 19516 Victory Source:7708837 20th April 1927 - 7th November 1927
1927
appointments Assistant Printer Source:7708837 1st November 1927
1927
service Royal Navy Marine 19516 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division Source:7708837 8th November 1927 - 16th December 1927
1927
service Royal Navy Marine 19516 Queen Elizabeth Source:7708837 16th December 1927 - 16th November 1929
1929
service Royal Navy Marine 19516 Warspite Source:7708837 17th November 1929 - 26th May 1930
1935
service Royal Navy Petty Officer Printer 15356 HMAS Canberra Source:9548007 12th October 1935 - 2nd November 1937
1936
awards Long Service and Good Conduct Medal Other War Service Award Source:7708837 24th March 1936
1937
appointments Printer Source:7708837 31st July 1937
1939
service Royal Navy Acting Corporal 19516 Norfolk Source:7708837 1st January 1939 - 2nd May 1939
1940
service Royal Navy Corporal 19516 Gloucester II Source:7708837 17th September 1940 - 30th December 1941
1942
awards Mentioned in Despatches (MiD) British Award/Decoration Source:7708837 11th June 1942
1950
employment School Printer and Printing Instructor Royal Masonic School for Boys Bushey, Hertfordshire United Kingdom Source:9293454 1950 - 1976
employment Printer Cornish Times and Tavistock Times United Kingdom Source:9301321
1998
death Dacorum Registration District, Hertfordshire United Kingdom Source:9293454 Source:9293438 13th October 1998

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names Sidney Charles
Initials SC
Last Name Cornelius
Source 7708837
Locations
AddressCountryTypeDateSource
Swan Court, Old Town, Dawlish, Devon United Kingdom parents address known 2nd April 1911
Contribution

Military Service

Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
Royal Navy 19516 Orion Bugler
Royal Navy 19516 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division Bugler
Royal Navy 19516 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division Private
Royal Navy 19516 Centaur Private
Royal Navy 19516 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division Marine
Royal Navy 19516 Hood Marine
Royal Navy 19516 Centaur Marine
Royal Navy 19516 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division Marine
Royal Navy 19516 Thunderer Marine
Royal Navy 19516 Erebus Marine
Royal Navy 19516 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division Marine
Royal Navy 19516 Victory Marine
Royal Navy 19516 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division Marine
Royal Navy 19516 Queen Elizabeth Marine
Royal Navy 19516 Warspite Marine
Royal Navy 19516 Norfolk Acting Corporal
Royal Navy 19516 Gloucester II Corporal
Royal Navy 15356 HMAS Canberra Petty Officer Printer
Royal Navy 19516 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division Bugler
Awards
AwardTypeSource
British War Medal First World War Campaign/Service Medal
Long Service and Good Conduct Medal Other War Service Award
Mentioned in Despatches (MiD) British Award/Decoration
Victory Medal First World War Campaign/Service Medal
Family
Parents
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Emma Cornelius mother
Richard Cornelius father
Siblings
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Richard Cornelius brother 1897
Lucy Cornelius sister 1901
Nellie Cornelius sister 1904
Bessie Cornelius sister 1906
Spouse
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Violet Millicent Cornelius nee Purchase wife 19th January 1927
Physical
ComplexionEyesHairSource
Fresh Hazel Black
DateHeightSource
1920-08-29 5'7"
Religion
DateReligionSource
1917-05-15 Anglican - Church of Eng, Irl, Wales or other

Media

Communities

Communities

Evidence

Evidence

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Official Records

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Royal Marines 1899-1919
England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription Gordon760
1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription Gordon760
England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 Transcription Gordon760
England & Wales marriages 1837-2005 Transcription Gordon760
Royal Marine Medal Roll 1914-1920 Transcription Keith1947

External Evidence

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The Old Masonians' Gazette May 1999 Gordon760
The Old Masonians' Gazette May 1987 Gordon760
RAN Service cards – Petty officers and men Keith1947

Multimedia

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HMS Hood Gordon760
HMS Victory at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard Gordon760
HMAS Canberra Gordon760

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