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Private GEORGE FRIPP SYKES

Service Number: 14637482
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 12 September 1944

Age 36 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FLORENCE WAR CEMETERY

IV. G. 12.

Italy

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mary Sykes, of Slaithwaite, Yorkshire; husband of Irene Sykes, of Slaithwaite.
  • Personal Inscription LIFE IS ETERNAL LOVE WILL REMAIN IN GOD'S GOOD TIME WE SHALL MEET AGAIN
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Buried or commemorated at

FLORENCE WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 1638
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