WATERFALL Sidney

1917 - 2004  (86 years)  Submit Photo / Document

• Name	WATERFALL Sidney  [1]
  Born	25 Jun 1917	10 Sheep Street, Skipton, Yorkshire, England   [2, 3, 4]
  	Waterfall - 25th June. At Skipton to Joseph J. and Edith Waterfall, a son who was named Sidney.
  Gender	Male
  Birth Reg	01 Aug 1917
  Education	Between 1923 and 1928	Skipton Girls High School, Gargrave Road, Skipton, Yorkshire, England
  Education	Between 1928 and 1933	Ackworth Friends School, Ackworth, Yorkshire, England   [5]
  Occupation	Between 1933 and 1939	Knowles & Harrison, 15 High Street, Skipton, Yorkshire, England
  	Studying to be a Solicitor.
  Census	29 Sep 1939	Skipton, Yorkshire, England   [6]
  Milit-Beg	16 May 1940
  	Army number 7380174
  Internment	Between 03 May 1941 and 10 Apr 1945	Stalag VIIIB, Lamsdorf, Silesia, Germany   [7]
  	Prisoner of war. Captured on Crete and sent to Stalag VIIIB. On 21 Jan 1945 moved to Stalag VIIIC and on 4 Feb 1945 camp was evacuated and had to march for 400 miles which took 30 days until they reached camp 9c at Bad Orb and stayed here until the camp was liberated by the Americans on the 2 Apr 1945. POW number:24321
  		Stalag VIIIB
  Occupation	Between 1946 and 1979	10 Sheep Street, Skipton, Yorkshire, England
  	Bookseller/Stationer
  Milit-End	23 Aug 1946
  Associatn	Between 1962 and 1980
  	Sidney was the Chairman of the Craven Scouts Association.
  Died	10 May 2004	Airedale General Hospital, Steeton, North Yorkshire, England   [1]
  	Died of a Heart Attack
  Cremated	14 May 2004	Skipton Crematorium, Skipton, Yorkshire, England
  	Ashes scattered at Crookrise Crag, Yorkshire.
  Probate	30 Jun 2004	Brighton, East Sussex, England   [8]
  	WATERFALL Sidney, of 20 The Avenue, Overdale Park, Skibden Road, North Yorkshire, BD23 6XG, died 10 May 2004. Gross amount did not exceed 240,000 Net amount did not exceed 111,000. Probate granted 30 June 2004, Brighton to John Richard Waterfall, 5 Netherwood Close, Hastings, East Sussex, TN34 2RE.
  Notes	Skipton Man Missing, Played Football for Christ Church Club Mr and Mrs J.J. Waterfall of Sheep Street, Skipton, have received official notification that their younger son, Private Sidney Waterfall, R.A.M.C., serving in the Middle East, has been posted as missing. Aged 24, he was previousley employed by Messrs. Knowles and Harrison Solicitors, Skipton. He has played half-back for Skipton Christ Church and Sutton United football clubs. Pte. Sidney Waterfall, younger son of Mr and Mrs J.J. Waterfall, of Sheep Street, Skipton, is a prisioner of war in Crete. Pte. Waterfall who was serving with the R.A.M.C, was posted missing about two months ago. Aged 24, Pte. Waterfall has played half-back for the Sutton United and Skipton Christ Church football teams. His father is a well-known Skipton bookseller and stationer. Liberated by Americans in Germany Skipton man to be liberated from prison camps in Germany by the advancing Allied Armies is: Pte. Sidney Waterfall, the younger son of Mrs and the late Mr J.J. Waterfall of Lyndhurst, Embsay, captured by Germans in Crete on May 3rd 1941.
  Person ID	I6	Warwickshire Waterfalls | Decendents of Henry Waterfall, John Waterfall Ancestors
  Last Modified	22 Feb 2015

  
  

  Father	WATERFALL Joseph John,   b. 24 Dec 1874, Kirkby Malham, North Yorkshire, England ,   d. 27 Feb 1944, Lyndhurst, Brackenlea Estate, Embsay, Yorkshire, England  (Age 69 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	WHINCUP Edith,   b. 03 Sep 1887, 31 Dove Street, Saltaire, Bradford, Yorkshire, England ,   d. 15 Oct 1945, Skipton and District Hospital, Skipton, Yorkshire, England  (Age 58 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Married	25 Mar 1912	Belmont Baptist Chapel, Skipton, North Yorkshire, England   [9]
  Family ID	F5	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	FRANKENBUSCH Ilse Franziska Felicitas,   b. 09 Nov 1915, Unter-Polan, Czechoslovakia ,   d. 28 Aug 1994, Airdale General Hospital, Steeton, Yorkshire, England  (Age 78 years)
  Married	29 Jan 1946	Skipton Register Office, Skipton, Yorkshire, England   [10, 11, 12]
  	Waterfall-Frankenbusch - On Jan 29 1946 at the Registrar's Office, Sidney, younger son of the late Mr and Mrs J.J. Waterfall, to Ilse Felicitas Frankenbusch of Czechoslovakia. (Source: Craven Herald & Pioneer) Waterfall-Frankenbusch - January 29, at Skipton, Sidney Waterfall, younger son of the late Joseph John and Edith Waterfall, to Ilse Felicitas Frankenbusch of Czechoslovakia (Source: The Friend)
  Children	1. Living + 2. Living + 3. Living
  Last Modified	22 Feb 2015
  Family ID	F3	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Sidney Waterfall April 2004

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] Waterfall, Nicola Louise - personal knowledge, Nicola Louise Waterfall, (11 Aug 2004). [S10] The Friend, 6 July 1917 pg 536 (Vol LVII no27). [S41] Quaker Birth Digests 1837 - 1941, The Religous Society of Friends. [S9] Birth Indexes 1837 - Present, General Register Office, September 1917 Skipton 9a 58 Whincup. [S54] List of Ackworth Scholars 1779-1879, Compiled from the Officail Registers, (The Centenary Committee, Ackworth School, 1879). [S360] 1939 Register, (www.findmypast.co.uk), RG101., RG101/3816C/002/25 Letter Code: KSND (Reliability: 3). [S87] POW Record, Royal Army Medical Corps, (Period, 1939-1945), S. Waterfall Rank: Private Army Number: 7380174 Regiment: Royal Army Medical Corps POW Number: 24321 Camp Type: Stalag Camp Number: VIII-B Camp Location: Cieszyn, Poland Record Office: Royal Army Medical Corps and Army Dental Corps Record Office, Colet Court, Hammersmith, London, W6 Record Office Number: 30. [S333] Probate of Sidney Waterfall, Will, (10 May 2004, Probate Date, 30 June 2004). [S11] Marriage Indexes 1837 - Present, General Register Office, March 1912 Skipton 9a 61 Whincup. [S237] The Friend - Waterfall-Frankenbusch, Sidney Waterfall, (8 February 1946). [S4] Marriage Certificate of Sidney Watefall, (29 January 1946). [S88] Craven Herald & Pioneer, Craven Herald 1st Feb 1946 pg.6.