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Gunner JOHN SYKES

Service Number: 14369541
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

3 Airlanding Anti-Tank Bty.

Date of Death

Died 19 August 1944

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RANVILLE WAR CEMETERY

IIA. B. 14.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George and Gladys Sykes, of Sheffield.
  • Personal Inscription HE SLEEPS IN GOD'S BEAUTIFUL GARDEN IN THE SUNSHINE OF PERFECT PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

RANVILLE WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 2566
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