WW II VETERAN; U.S. NAVY;
Killed In Service To His Country;
in the crash of his Navy training
plane into the ocean, off the
coast of Florida.
Son of John Sidney Applegate
and Daisy Leona (nee Switzer)
Applegate.
Sid was an accomplished musician
and a baritone soloist with two
of the most popular Orchestras
of the times. He was with the Hod
Williams Orchestra, from 1930
through 1938; He later performed
with the Sammy Watkins Orchestra,
until he entered the U.S. Navy.
++++++++++
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Cleveland, Ohio
Friday, 18 August 1944
Page 11
DEAD
ENSIGN SIDNEY S. APPLEGATE, formerly of
Cleveland, son of Mrs. D. Applegate,
Vermilion, Ohio.
The Navy Department notified Mrs.
Applegate that her son, Sidney, a
newly-commissioned Ensign in the
Naval Air Force, died in the crash
of a training plane on Aug 6, (1944)
into the ocean off the Florida coast.
Ensign Applegate, a former member of
Sammy Watkins' Orchestra, currently
playing at Hotel Hollenden, was
stationed at Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
He was a graduate of Bellville (Ohio)
High School, and was a native of that
city. Memorial services for him were
held at the base chapel last Wednesday.
Killed In Service To His Country;
in the crash of his Navy training
plane into the ocean, off the
coast of Florida.
Son of John Sidney Applegate
and Daisy Leona (nee Switzer)
Applegate.
Sid was an accomplished musician
and a baritone soloist with two
of the most popular Orchestras
of the times. He was with the Hod
Williams Orchestra, from 1930
through 1938; He later performed
with the Sammy Watkins Orchestra,
until he entered the U.S. Navy.
++++++++++
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Cleveland, Ohio
Friday, 18 August 1944
Page 11
DEAD
ENSIGN SIDNEY S. APPLEGATE, formerly of
Cleveland, son of Mrs. D. Applegate,
Vermilion, Ohio.
The Navy Department notified Mrs.
Applegate that her son, Sidney, a
newly-commissioned Ensign in the
Naval Air Force, died in the crash
of a training plane on Aug 6, (1944)
into the ocean off the Florida coast.
Ensign Applegate, a former member of
Sammy Watkins' Orchestra, currently
playing at Hotel Hollenden, was
stationed at Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
He was a graduate of Bellville (Ohio)
High School, and was a native of that
city. Memorial services for him were
held at the base chapel last Wednesday.
WW II VETERAN; U.S. NAVY;
Killed In Service To His Country;
in the crash of his Navy training
plane into the ocean, off the
coast of Florida.
Son of John Sidney Applegate
and Daisy Leona (nee Switzer)
Applegate.
Sid was an accomplished musician
and a baritone soloist with two
of the most popular Orchestras
of the times. He was with the Hod
Williams Orchestra, from 1930
through 1938; He later performed
with the Sammy Watkins Orchestra,
until he entered the U.S. Navy.
++++++++++
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Cleveland, Ohio
Friday, 18 August 1944
Page 11
DEAD
ENSIGN SIDNEY S. APPLEGATE, formerly of
Cleveland, son of Mrs. D. Applegate,
Vermilion, Ohio.
The Navy Department notified Mrs.
Applegate that her son, Sidney, a
newly-commissioned Ensign in the
Naval Air Force, died in the crash
of a training plane on Aug 6, (1944)
into the ocean off the Florida coast.
Ensign Applegate, a former member of
Sammy Watkins' Orchestra, currently
playing at Hotel Hollenden, was
stationed at Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
He was a graduate of Bellville (Ohio)
High School, and was a native of that
city. Memorial services for him were
held at the base chapel last Wednesday.
Killed In Service To His Country;
in the crash of his Navy training
plane into the ocean, off the
coast of Florida.
Son of John Sidney Applegate
and Daisy Leona (nee Switzer)
Applegate.
Sid was an accomplished musician
and a baritone soloist with two
of the most popular Orchestras
of the times. He was with the Hod
Williams Orchestra, from 1930
through 1938; He later performed
with the Sammy Watkins Orchestra,
until he entered the U.S. Navy.
++++++++++
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Cleveland, Ohio
Friday, 18 August 1944
Page 11
DEAD
ENSIGN SIDNEY S. APPLEGATE, formerly of
Cleveland, son of Mrs. D. Applegate,
Vermilion, Ohio.
The Navy Department notified Mrs.
Applegate that her son, Sidney, a
newly-commissioned Ensign in the
Naval Air Force, died in the crash
of a training plane on Aug 6, (1944)
into the ocean off the Florida coast.
Ensign Applegate, a former member of
Sammy Watkins' Orchestra, currently
playing at Hotel Hollenden, was
stationed at Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
He was a graduate of Bellville (Ohio)
High School, and was a native of that
city. Memorial services for him were
held at the base chapel last Wednesday.
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