Sydney Orrell was born on Saturday 17 January 1914 in Pemberton, Wigan, Lancashire.

He was christened in 1914 at Wigan, Lancashire.

Sydney married Nellie Ashcroft on Saturday 21 January 1939 in Highfield, Wigan, Lancashire.

Details of Sydney's occupation are not known.

Sydney died when he was 77 years old, on Saturday 9 March 1991 in Newtown, Wigan, Lancashire.