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Private GEORGE WILLIAM SYKES

Service Number: 19277
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Manchester Regiment

21st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 27 April 1916

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BRONFAY FARM MILITARY CEMETERY, BRAY-SUR-SOMME

I. A. 22.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Henry and Nellie Sykes, of 344, The Cliff, Higher Broughton, Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription TOO DEARLY LOVED EVER TO BE FORGOTTEN UNTIL DAY BREAKS
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Buried or commemorated at

BRONFAY FARM MILITARY CEMETERY, BRAY-SUR-SOMME
Somme France
Number of casualties: 538
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