| Notes: | MFP. Died at Gosport, 23/2/14. Born Tunbridge Wells, Kent, enlisted 14/10/03 occupation Butcher.
14/10/1903 he enlisted in the 2 Royal Sussex Regiment, No. 7599, age 18.3 years, occupation Butcher, born Trinity, Tunbridge Wells previously served in the 3 Royal Sussex Militia, No. 9105. Served home 14/10/1903 to 17/6/1904, Malta 18/6/1904 to 28/5/1906, Crete 29/5/1906 to 10/5/1907, Home 11/5/1907 to 23/12/1914 died Gosport. 5/3/1913 transferred to MFP. He qualified in Maxim Gun Drill and Sanitary Police. His father Daniel lived at 33 Napier Road, St Peter's Estate, Tunbridge Wells.
Info from Army Register of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929. 23/2/1914 died Gosport. 24/3/1914 he left his brother Ernest £5-13-03, brother Norman £15-13-03.
Sidney Buss.
Extract from the Hampshire Telegraph 27 February 1914.
MILITARY POLICEMAN'S DEATH
The County Coroner (Mr Leonard Warner) conducted and inquest at the Military Arms, Haslar, on Wednesday on the body of Sidney Buss, aged 28, a lance corporal in the Military Foot Police, and formerly of the Sussex Regiment. Deceased was in the barrack-room at the new barracks, Gosport, on Monday afternoon, in company with Lance Corporal Burt, of the MFP. The latter left the room for a few minutes and on returning found deceased lying on the floor apparently dead. Major C D Waring, RAMC, made a post mortem examination, and discovered the deceased's heart was twice the normal size. He attributed death to heart disease, and a verdict of "natural causes" war returned.
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