Sydney Grossi

Rifleman Sydney Alfred John Grossi was an English soldier of the British Army who died during the First World War.
He was born in 1896, at the Strand, the son of Italian-born wine traveller Charles (Carlo) and Rina Grossi (née Digby), of London.
Grossi died on 1 September 1916, during the Somme Offensive, while serving on the Western Front with the 12th (Service) Battalion, The Prince Consort's Own (Rifle Brigade). He had enlisted in September 1914 and arrived in France in July 1915.Ancestry.com. British Army WWI Service Records, 1914-1920 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.Ancestry.com. British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.
He is buried in Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval.
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==References==
*Ancestry.co.uk.
*Grossi, Sydney Alfred John, cwgc.org. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
Category:1896 births
Category:1916 deaths
Category:British military personnel
Category:British Army
Category:British people of Italian descent
Category:Buried in France
Category:Rifleman