Lance Corporal Sidney Gilman was the son of John and Harriet Gilman, of the Raikes, Alstonfield, Ashbourne, Staffordshire. His earlier number was 2482 and he served in the 2/6th Battalion with “B” Coy.  

On the 26th May 1917, he was awarded the Military Medal, the citation in the London Gazette reads ‘For gallantry and devotion to duty during operations at Jeancourt on 31st March 1917, when the battalion successfully attacked and captured both the villages of Vendelles and Jeancourt.’ 

On the 1st October 1918, Sidney appeared in the Red Cross Enquiry List, and by the 21st March 1918, he was listed as missing. He was sadly killed in action during the German attack on the lines at Mory L’Abbaye, France on the 21st March 1918 at the age of 22 years