Sydney George Piddington

  General Notes:

WWII
Australian Army
Service Number NX5822 (N73516)
Date of Birth 14 May 1918
Place of Birth RANDWICK, NSW
Date of Enlistment 2 May 1941
Locality on Enlistment BELLEVUE HILL, NSW
Place of Enlistment PADDINGTON, NSW
Next of Kin PIDDINGTON, ALBERT
Date of Discharge 10 Nov 1945
Rank Lance Sergeant
Posting at Discharge 2/15 Field Regiment
POWPiddington, Sydney and Lesley (1918-1991 and 1925- ) In their heyday during the 1940s, the Piddingtons had England thoroughly convinced that they were able to read one another's minds. Aside from their great skill, the fact that they were able to make use of radio exposure (in 1949) was a strong reason for their success. At a period when the notion of ESP was being referred to as "mental radio, the Piddingtons were regarded by many as probably able to converse by telepathy. They were careful to disavow any such idea.During their time, these performers were the subjects of much scientific controversy, though their attitude convinced most academics that they were entertainers and nothing more, which was exactly the case.

Radio National HINDSIGHT
Sunday 6/02/00The Amazing Piddingtons Summary: In the years after World War Two, a young couple took Australia by storm, after broadcasting a series of radio shows in which they, allegedly, read each others minds. During the period commonly regarded as the Golden Age of Radio, The Piddingtons Show captivated the public imagination,and, after huge success in Australia, ex-Changi POW Sydney Piddington and his actress wife Leslie Pope, became famous in Britain, with their prime-time broadcasts on the BBC. In this feature, the Piddingtons are brought back to the airwaves, as we attempt to unravel the secret of their so-called mind-reading skills, and the wave of interest and debate created by their radio show. Were they really Telepathic, or perhaps just clever conjurers? As Sydney Piddington always said;' You be the Judge'.

  Noted events in his life were:

• connection. The connection between Robyn Piddington (nee Greig) & Les whose husband is his 3^rd cousin 3 times removed is as follows:

Robyn Greig (1947) married Sydney Piddington (1918)
His father was Albert Piddington (1886) who married Hilda Warby (1890)
Her father was Walter Warby (1854)
His father was Joseph Warby (1818)
His father was John Warby (c1767) & he also had Elizabeth Warby (1802) who married James Layton (1804)
They had Eleanor Keighran Layton (1821) who married James Keighran (1808)
They had John Joseph Keighran (1845)
He had Joseph William Keighran (1879)
He had Leslie William Keighran (1904)
He had Mary Keighran (1927) who married Mervyn Collins (1924)
They had Les Collins (1950) who married me Robyn Bray (nee Davies) (1950)

• source. & Robyn Piddington (nee Greig)

Sydney married Lesley Elizabeth Pope in 1946 in Woollahra, Sydney, NSW Australia. (Lesley Elizabeth Pope was born in 1925.)

Sydney next married Robyn Delca Anne Greig. (Robyn Delca Anne Greig was born in 1947.)