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Private EDGAR SYKES

Service Number: 6/5870
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Durham Light Infantry

1st/6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 31 January 1917

Age 36 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DERNANCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

IV. H. 13.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Emma Sykes, of 20, Swan Bank Lane, Caddy Field, Halifax, Yorks.
  • Personal Inscription TOO DEARLY LOVED TO EVER BE FORGOT
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Buried or commemorated at

DERNANCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2167
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