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Private WILLIAM SYKES

Service Number: 300081
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

2nd/6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 31 December 1918

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HAMBURG CEMETERY

II. A. 1.

Germany

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of David and Elizabeth Sykes, of Fairview House, Salterforth, Colne, Lancs.
  • Personal Inscription WE LOVED HIM IN LIFE HE IS DEAR TO US STILL BUT AT TIMES WE MUST BEND TO GOD'S HOLY WILL
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Buried or commemorated at

HAMBURG CEMETERY
Hamburg Germany
Number of casualties: 2566
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