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Lieutenant DOUGLAS COLLETT SYKES

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Border Regiment

"B" Coy. 11th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 26 July 1917

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

COXYDE MILITARY CEMETERY

I. K. 61.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Cross
  • Additional Info Son of Walter and Emma Sykes, of "The Drewitts," Warninglid, Haywards Heath, Sussex.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS
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Buried or commemorated at

COXYDE MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1673
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