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Lieutenant GEORGE EVANS VYNER SYKES

Service Number: 95216
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Armoured Corps

3rd King's Own Hussars

Date of Death

Died 12 May 1942

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KHAYAT BEACH WAR CEMETERY

A. C. 3.

Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George Sykes, and of Esther Sykes, of Briarcliff Manor, New York, U.S.A.
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Buried or commemorated at

KHAYAT BEACH WAR CEMETERY
Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)
Number of casualties: 887
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