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Sidney Chalk<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Corporal, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
Service number: 11056523
Died 26 Aug 1944
Buried East Ham (Marlow Road) Jewish Cemetery, United Kingdom
Age 38<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Headstone Inscription
IN LOVING MEMORY OF A HUSBAND. “TOO SOON, TOO SOON, THIS WORLD DEPARTED”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sidney was born 31 August 1906 in Poplar, London to Hyman, a tailor, and Miriam nee Cohen with the surname Schalk. He had two younger brothers, Jack who served in the RAF as a flying officer and Alexander. In 1921, Sidney aged fourteen was living with his parents at 43 Malmesbury Road in Bow, London and working as an office junior for a general merchants. In July 1936, he married Renee Cross and they lived with his parents at 63 Windsor Road in Forest Gate, Essex and he is listed as an upholsterer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While serving as a corporal in the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, he was admitted to the emergency hospital in Winwick, Lancaster where he died on 26 August 1944. His death certificate states: (a) Cerebral Tumour (secondary) (b) Carcinoma Lung.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Courtesy Jewish War Graves<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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1921 Census<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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1911 Census<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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1939 Register<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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