52401: Record of Captain Sydney Reginald Hockaday's Service.

Summary and photos from a family history file.

Editor's Comment: File includes citations from London Gazette, extract of unit War Diary noting his wound, and letters sent to the family by the Medical Officer, Chaplain, and a Subaltern from his Company.

Temp. Captain Sydney Reginald Hockaday, 2nd Bn. Monmouthshire Regiment, died on 2nd September 1916 from wounds received on the 30th August during the shelling of Piccadilly Trench, South of Potijze (Ypres Salient). He is buried in Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery.