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Private JOHN SYKES

Service Number: 2966
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

1st/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 11 May 1916

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HUDDERSFIELD (ALMONDBURY) CEMETERY

Spec. Memorial.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Emma I. Sykes, of 35, Westgate, Almondbury, Huddersfield, and the late Percival P. Sykes.
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Buried or commemorated at

HUDDERSFIELD (ALMONDBURY) CEMETERY
Yorkshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 33
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