Sergeant Edwin Sykes - Gravestone
Sergeant, 11th (Lonsdale) Battalion, The Border Regiment, 97 Brigade, 32nd Division
He was killed in action during the attack on Albert on 1 July 1916, the first day of the Battle of the Somme. He was 36
He is buried in Lonsdale Cemetery, Authuile
He was the son of John & Elizabeth Sykes of Deddington
He was killed in action during the attack on Albert on 1 July 1916, the first day of the Battle of the Somme. He was 36
He is buried in Lonsdale Cemetery, Authuile
He was the son of John & Elizabeth Sykes of Deddington