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Name: WALLINGFORD, Sidney George (Sergeant)
Birth Date: 17 May 1873 Dover
Death Date: 18 Mar 1952 Leyton, Essex
First Date: 1900
Last Date: 1902
Profession: Military
Area: Uganda
Married: In Hythe, Kent 10 Dec 1902 Annie Jane Mack b. 2 Oct 1878 Portland, Dorset, d. 7 Feb 1952 Whipps Cross, Essex
Children: Eric (18 Sep 1903 Gosport-1978 Harlow); Cyril (31 Jan 1905 Hythe, Kent-1993 Croydon)
Book Reference: North, Web
War Service: 4th Rifle Brigade
General Information:
North - appt. Sgt. Bugler Uganda Militia 6/7/1900; involved with 3rd Nandi punitive expedition, Africa GSM clasp 'Uganda 1900'; Nile HQ, Uganda Rifles 19/11/1900; Nimule May 1901; Listed as Instructor with No. 8 Company 4th Batt KAR 25/4/1902; end of appt. 28/12/1902
Web DNW - one of just 15 Europeans awarded the 'Uganda 1900' clasp. The 1st Battalion Uganda Rifles employed several Maxim Gun Squads in the 1900 Expedition, all of which would have been kept under the watchful eye of Sergeant Wallingford, a noted marksman and Methuen Cup winner. According to records held by the Army Rifle Association, he 'was the best military shot of his time' and, apart from his Uganda sojourn, served at the School of Musketry at Hythe from 1894-1907, 6 times becoming army champion shot at Bisley.
1939 England and Wales Register living in Leyton, Essex with wife, as Electrical Battery Erector Train Lighting