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Lieutenant JOHN LAVERACK SYKES

Service Number: 287781
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Yorkshire Regiment

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 11 June 1944

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HOTTOT-LES-BAGUES WAR CEMETERY

II. F. 1.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Robert J. and Lila Sykes, of Epworth, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription TO LIVE IN THE HEARTS OF THOSE WE LOVE IS NOT TO DIE "IN HEAVENLY LOVE ABIDING"
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Buried or commemorated at

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