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Rifleman LEONARD SYKES

Service Number: A/203721
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Royal Rifle Corps

18th Bn.

Date of Death

Died Between 24 March 1918 and 28 March 1918

Age 35 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY

I. O. 17.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Alfred and Emma Sykes, of Batley, Yorks; husband of Clara Sykes, of 46, Claremont Rd., Morecambe, Lancs.
  • Personal Inscription HE LAID HIS RICHEST GIFT ON THE ALTAR OF DUTY HIS LIFE
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Buried or commemorated at

BANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 2480
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