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Sydney was born 1892 in York where his father was a regular soldier serving with the 1st Royal Dragoons, he was the eldest of four sons born to Frederick Burch and his wife, Elizabeth Catherine Gasking. His brothers, Frederick and Gerald were born in 1893 and 1895 respectively in Dublin. In 1901, while his father was serving overseas, Sydney lived with his mother, and brothers at the home of his aunt Margaret E Burch, in Ipswich. The three brothers were educated at Framlingham College from 1903 to 1909, and during this time their youngest brother, Philip, was born in 1906 in Lucknow, India. In 1911 Sydney’s parents and his three brothers were living at 3 Newbegin, Beverley. Their father was by this time a retired British Officer employed as Registration Officer for a Political Association.
In 1912, Sydney emigrated to Argentina where he was employed by Sanday & Co, Rosario, where he was a member of the Rosaria Athletic Club. Sydney returned to England in Sep 1915, he joined the South Nottinghamshire Hussars and was attached to the Sherwood Foresters, (Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire) Regt., 117 Brigade, 39th Division. Sydney Gaskin Burch was killed in action on 13 Nov 1916. He is buried in Lonsdale Cemetery, Authuille, and is commemorated on the Framlingham College War Memorial. He is also listed on the War Memorial on the Hengate memorial in Beverley.
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