In loving memory of
SIDNEY W. EAGLE. R.F.C.
Beloved son of
William & Rose Eagle,
Died at Curragh April 1st 1916
Aged 20 years.
Greater love hath no man than this,
That a man lay down his life for his friends.
Also of
HAROLD ALBERT
EAGLE
Died July 8th 1949
Aged 48 years
God is Love.
That serviceman on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website is:-
EAGLE, SIDNEY WILLIAM
Rank:………………….....Air Mechanic 2nd Class
Service No:……………19324
Date of Death:………01/04/1916
Age:……………………....20
Regiment/Service:…Royal Flying Corps
………………………….......No. 1 Training Centre (Halton)
Grave Reference:……13. 182.
Cemetery:
LOWESTOFT (BECCLES ROAD) CEMETERY
Additional Information:
Son of Mrs. Ann Rose Eagle, of 168, Denmark Rd., Lowestoft.
CWGC: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/397569/EAGLE,%20SIDNE...
Possibly related is the In Memoriam notice which appeared in the edition of the Norwich Mercury dated Saturday March 30th 1918.
EAGLE – In loving memory of dear Sidney, who died at Curragh, April 1st 1916, - Interred at Lowestoft Cemetery.
“Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.”
From his sorrowing Father, Mother and Brother.
There does not appear to be a Medal Index Card for Sidney, which probably indicates his service was UK only.
His Service Records do not appear to have survived the incendiary attack during the Blitz on the Warehouse where they were being stored.
1895 – Birth
The birth of a Sidney William Eagle was registered with the Civil Authorities in the District of Mutford, Suffolk, in the July to September quarter, (Q3), of 1895.
Mutford District covered Lowestoft and the nearby villages,
1901 Census of England and Wales
The 5 year old Sidney Eagle, born Lowestoft, was recorded living at 168 Denmark Road, Lowestoft. This was the household of his parents, William, (aged 36, a Porter and Ticket Collector on the Great Eastern Railay, born Thetford, Norfolk) and Rose, (aged 36, born Stratford, Essex). Completing the household is Williams brother-in-law, William Beckett, aged 26 and a Mariner, born Lowestoft.
1911 Census of England and Wales
The Eagle family were still living at 168 Denmark Road. Father William, (47, Acting Guard on the Great Eastern Railway, now stated to have been born East Harling, Norfolk) and Mother Rose, (47), have been married 17 years and have had 2 children, both then still alive and living with them.
Sidney…aged 15…born Lowestoft…Short Hand Typist
Albert…aged 9……born Lowestoft
On the day
The RAF Museum records Sidney as having died from Natural Causes.
www.rafmuseumstoryvault.org.uk/ID/?7000270082
Postscript
The 1916 Probate Calendar records that Sidney William Eagle of 168 Denmark Road, Lowestoft, attached to the Royal Flying Corps, died 1st April 1916 at The Isolation Hospital, Curragh Camp, Ireland. Administration was granted at the Ipswich court on the 28th June 1917 to William Eagle, foreman porter. His effects were valued at £116.
probatesearch.service.gov.uk/Calendar?surname=Eagle&y...
The local council have put the Cemetery records online. Air Mechanic Sydney U Eagle, aged 20, late of the Military Hospital, Curragh Camp, was interred on the 5th April 1916.
Harold Albert Eagle, aged 48, a Mental Health Officer of 168 Mile End Road, Colchester, was buried in the same plot on the 13th July 1949. On the 8th March 1951 in the adjoining plot, the 87 year old widow, Ann Rose Eagle of 143 Old Heath Road, Colchester, was buried.
apps.eastsuffolk.gov.uk/pages/cemeteries/Lowestoft/dix_fy...
