A Postcard Home from a Saracen – 4th Feb 1915

Sydney Sylvester’s Postcard to Home 4th February 1915 We have followed Saracens scrum-half Sydney Sylvester in earlier blogs, including  ‘Sydney Sylvester Joins Up!’  as he volunteered for duty in 1914 with the 10th (Service) Battalion of the Royal Fusiliers. This body of men had quickly acquired the nickname ‘The Stockbrokers’ Battalion’, due to the very high…