OBITUARY
ST A FF- SERG EA N T T FNX YSON (By Telegraph—Special to "The Mail"j CIIRISTCHUROI!, !Uiul July. The death is announced of StaH-Si'i-gcant Sydney C. Tennyson, lie was a .moodier'of the N.J&.A.0.C;.. and .will be accorded' ii military funeral probably the last to be held for some lime, as it is understood that the military horses are to be disposed of when (he Defence Act. is amended. Born at .Feckham, London, in INSJ2, Sergeant Tennyson enlisted with H Battery Royal Horse Artillery in 190(1. He saw hard lighting during the Great War serving with the famous II Battery throughout the campaign. He was promoted to staff-sergeant litter in 1917 and gained his discharge from the British Army in 1920, with a total service of 111 years 1-12 days. Coming to New Zealand StaffSergeant Tennyson joined the N.Z.A.O.C. in 1923. He leaves a widow and one child.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 23 July 1930, Page 6
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148OBITUARY Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 23 July 1930, Page 6
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