We remember Harry Eastburn Sykes

We remember Harry Eastburn Sykes

Timeline

Timeline

1895
birth Hunslet Leeds United Kingdom Source:5519311 21st October 1895
1911
location 27 Michael Street Hunslet leeds 10 United Kingdom parents address Source:5519311 1911
1913
enlistment Leeds United Kingdom Source:5519386 22nd May 1913
1919
marriage Amelia Cook Source:5519311 1919
1926
location ? Roger Street Hunslet leeds 10 United Kingdom their own address Source:5519311 1926
1945
location 25 Middleton Park Mount Leeds 10 United Kingdom their own address Source:5519311 20th April 1945
employment Engineers Fitter George Porteus and Sons Hunslet Leeds United Kingdom Source:5519311
internment pow Source:5519403
service British Army Private 1759 West Yorkshire Regiment Source:4341880
service British Army Private 14202 Army Cyclist Corps Source:4341880
service British Army Private 75227 Tank Corps Source:4341880
1973
death Not War Related Harry had many episodes of Bronchopneumonia throughout his life which could probably be related to life in the trenches and then as a POW Leeds General Infirmary United Kingdom Source:5519311 10th June 1973
burial Hunslet Non-War Cemetery Leeds United Kingdom Source:5519311
sibling Ben Sykes Source:5519311
sibling Tom Sykes Source:5519311
location 49 Broom Road Belle isle Leeds 10 United Kingdom their own address Source:5519311

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names Harry Eastburn
Initials HE
Last Name Sykes
Source 5519311
First Names Harry
Initials H
Last Name Sykes
Source 5519311
Gender
GenderSource
Male
Locations
AddressCountryTypeDateSource
25 Middleton Park Mount Leeds 10 United Kingdom their own address known 20th April 1945
27 Michael Street Hunslet leeds 10 United Kingdom parents address known 1911
49 Broom Road Belle isle Leeds 10 United Kingdom their own address
? Roger Street Hunslet leeds 10 United Kingdom their own address known 1926
Contribution

Military Service

Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
British Army 1759 West Yorkshire Regiment Private
British Army 14202 Army Cyclist Corps Private
British Army 75227 Tank Corps Private
Family
Parents
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Emma mother
Edwin Sykes father
Siblings
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Ben Sykes brother
Tom Sykes brother
Spouse
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Amelia Cook wife 1919

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