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Private JOHN SYKES

Service Number: 11055674
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 18 June 1944

Buried or commemorated at

HOTTOT-LES-BAGUES WAR CEMETERY

VIII. J. 6.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph and Hannah Sykes, of Brighouse, Yorkshire; husband of Nellie Sykes, of Brighouse.
  • Personal Inscription SWEET MEMORIES, MY DEAR HUSBAND JOHN. HE GAVE THE GREATEST GIFT, HIS UNFINISHED LIFE
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Buried or commemorated at

HOTTOT-LES-BAGUES WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 1138
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