209658 Pioneer Sijil Abdul Ali of the Royal Engineers, was killed in action on the 1st October 1917. He was 28 years old, the son of Muhammad Hyder Abdul-Ali of England, and the husband of Daisy Marion Abdul-Ali (nee Payne) of 123 Brecknock Road, Tufnell Park, London. Sijil was born in St Bride's, Middlesex, and enlisted in Middlesex. He was serving with the RE Special Brigade when he was killed, and he is buried in the Longuenesse (St Omer) Souvenir Cemetery.
At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.
Sources:
Ancestry (MIC, WO 363)
Soldiers Died in The Great War
Army Service Numbers
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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