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Captain ERNEST EDWARD SYKES

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 04 July 1916

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

AUTHUILE MILITARY CEMETERY, AUTHUILLE

E. 22.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Cross
  • Additional Info Son of Mary Louisa Sykes, of Oakfield, Halifax, and the late John Edward Sykes.
  • Personal Inscription LORD ALL PITYING JESU BLEST GRANT HIM THINE ETERNAL REST

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Buried or commemorated at

AUTHUILE MILITARY CEMETERY, AUTHUILLE
Somme France
Number of casualties: 472
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