Birth: 23 January 1895 Higham, Kent, UK
Father: William Henry Pope 1860-1923
Mother: Rose (Rosa) Fulleck (Fullick, Fullock) 1861-1951
Christening: 14 April 1895 St Mary, Higham, Kent, UK
Marriage: Believed not married
Death: 28 November 1970 Greenwich, Greater London, UK
Cremated: 3 December 1970 Greenwich, Greater London, UK
Birth of Henry Sydney Pope in FreeBMD in January-March 1895 in Strood (2A 584).
Entry in FreeReg for the baptism of Henry Sidney Pope on 14 April 1895 at St Mary, Higham, parents William Henry, a signalman, and Rose Pope of Higham.
In the 1901 census as Harry Pope aged 6, born in Higham, Kent, and living with his parents (William H and Rose), two brothers (Joseph and Lewis), and three sisters (Fanny, Mabel and Theda) in four rooms at Railway Bridge House, Shorne, Kent.
His sister was born on 21 January 1903 in Shorne, registered in January-March 1903 in Strood and baptised on 5 April 1903 at St Mary, Higham when he was a signalman living at Lower Shore.
In the 1911 census as Henry Sydney Pope aged 16, born in Higham, Kent, single, a gate boy, and living with his parents (William Henry and Rose), two brothers (Joseph Hunt and Louis Victor) and sister (Florence Annie) in four rooms at Shorne Road Crossing, Lower Shorne Near Gravesend, Kent.
Entry in Ancestry British Army WWI Pension Records 1914-1920 for Henry Lidney (sic) - in the index, Sidney on the orginal) Pope aged 21, address Railway Crossing, Lower Shorne, Kent, a railwayman, height 5 ft 10 in, girth 35 +2 in, next of kin William Henry Pope father at same address, enlisted Maidstone 12 October 1916, No. 221189 Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion, discharged 15 June 1917 to re-enlist in 63rd R N Div Res. (I assume the 63rd (Royal Naval) Division, but actually part of the Army from 1916 and was on the Western Front).
Entry in Ancestry UK, World War I Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923 for Henry Sidney Pope R3196 Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Other Ranks Survived.
Entry in Ancestry Web: UK, Royal Naval Division Index, 1914-1919 for Henry Sidney Pope born 1870-1900 R/3196 Ordinary Seaman, Able Seaman.
Entry in Ancestry UK, Naval Medal and Award Rolls, 1793-1972 for Henry S Pope R/3196 A.B. Victory Medal and British War Medal.
In the 1921 census as Henry Sydney Pope aged 26 years 5 months, born in Highham, Rochester, Kent, single, a reelerman at the Imperial Paper Works, West Street, Gravesend, and living with his parents (William Henry and Rose), two brothers (Joseph Hunt and Louisa Victor) Pope (brothers?), sister (Florence Annie) and neice (Florence Anslow) at Railway Crossings, Shorne, Kent.
His father died in July-September 1923 in Strood.
Three entries in Ancestry Bexley, Kent, England, Electoral Registers, 1734-1965 for Henry Sidney Pope address 48 Crayford Road, Dartford from 1937 to 1939, other occupants Rose Pope (mother?), Lewis Victor Pope (brother?), Fanny Louise Anslow (sister?) and Percy Lewis Anslow (brother-in-law?)
In the 1939 England and Wales Register as Henry S Pope born 23 January 1895, incapacitated, and living with Rose Pope (mother?), Lewis V Pope (brother?) and Fanny L Anslow (sister?) at 48 Crayford Road, Crayford, Kent.
Eleven entries in Ancestry Bexley, Kent, England, Electoral Registers, 1734-1965 for Henry S Pope address 48 Crayford Road, Erith and Crayford from 1955 to 1965, other occupants Lewis V Pope (brother?), and Fanny L Anslow (sister?).
Two entries in Ancestry London, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1965 for Henry S Pope address 48 Crayford Road, Bexley, Erith and Crayford from 1964 to 1965, other occupants Lewis V Pope (brother?), and Fanny L Anslow (sister?).
Death of Henry Sidney Pope, born 23 January 1895, in FreeBMD in October-December 1970 in Greenwich (5b 894).
Entry in Deceased Online for Henry Sidney Pope died 28 November 1970 cremated 3 December 1970 in Greenwich, London.
There are twenty one entries in Ancestry Family Trees for Henry Sydney/Sidney Pope.
Henry Sidney Pope was my fourth cousin once removed.
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