Private Stephen Henry Fiddler 18582 East Yorkshire Regiment 1st Battalion Died of Wounds at No1 Canadian Casualty Clearing Station, France 13th February 1916 Age 17 Next of Kin: Son of Joseph & Emily Fiddler, 69 King’s Road, Sedgley. Born: October 1898, 77 Gospel End Street, Sedgley. Parents: Joseph & Emily Fiddler. Siblings: Eldest of 7 children. Four survived in 1911: Cyril Wilfred: Nellie Beatrice & Evelyn Murial. Occupation: 1911 Scholar: Living at 69 Kings Road Sedgley. Attended Queen Victoria School, Sedgley. 1914: Steel Worker - Stewarts & Lloyds Steel Works, Bilston. Buried: Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, France. Grave Reference: II.C.129

Commemorated Locally: War Memorial All Saints’ Church, Sedgley.

Stephenenlisted19thDecember1914givinghisageas19years72days,whenhewas,infact,only16.HewassenttoFranceon4thAugust1915andwaswoundedinactionon12thFebruary1916.Hediedon13thFebruaryfromagunshotwoundtothehead,aged17.