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getting confused. com now, on James deceased soldiers form it gives his mother as Mrs A Johnson. and his brothers and where they live, interesting that it has Sydney as being in France and all others living in Sheffield

Hi Elizabeth, that story is in my Ancestry tree. The newspaper story quoted my grandfather stating three of his lost brothers (they were separated when my grandfather turned 12 and was sent alone to Canada) were killed or missing in action and presumed dead.
The only brother that I could confirmed was killed in action was James Harry. Besides my grandfather, Ernest, Charles W was the only other brother that I could absolutely confirm that he served in WWI. I assumed Sidney also served but i could never absolutely confirm and wondered if he was killed in action because I really had an impossible time tracking him after he was sent to Mount Edgecumbe Industrial School in Devon when he was 15.
That story caused me a lot of grief because I trusted there was some truth, at least 3 soldiers missing in action but I never found the facts to support it and I have facts to support James Harry was killed and the other brothers lived beyond the end of the war, with the exception of Sidney, his whereabouts afterwards is stil a mystery.

Regards
Bruce

just been reading up on the Mount Edgcumbe training ship and the Captain claims most of the boys joined the Navy or the Merchant Navy and a few the army. So looks like we should be looking in Naval records for Sydney

Thank you, Elizabeth, for taking the time to do research and help.

Where did you find the information regarding the Captain's claims?

I have never seen this information regarding Mount Edgecumbe.

With regards to Sidney's military records, I could not locate attestation papers for Sidney and assume that he served but his papers must have been destroyed in the WWII bombing of the records office. I did find military records that could be Sidney's but there is nothing to conclude they indeed belong to him through links to France or family members or an address in Devon or Sheffield prior to enlisting. The military records I stored are only based upon speculation that they could possibly belong to Sidney.
Regards
Bruce

Google Mount Edgcumbe industrial school ship it is the second to last paragraph there is also a good National Archives if you contact they may be of some help

Thank you, Elizabeth!
Very much appreciated!

Bruce