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Rifleman NORMAN SYKES

Service Number: R/19961
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Royal Rifle Corps

16th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 26 August 1916

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HEILLY STATION CEMETERY, MERICOURT-L'ABBE

III. G. 36.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. James Sykes, of 21, Spring St., Marsden, Huddersfield.
  • Personal Inscription SADLY MISSED AT MARSDEN NR. HUDDERSFIELD
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Buried or commemorated at

HEILLY STATION CEMETERY, MERICOURT-L'ABBE
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2973
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