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Eli Sykes

Private

Service No. 7776

Age 29

Died on 31 October 1914

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

LE TOURET MEMORIAL

Pas de Calais, France

Son of the late Joseph Sykes; husband of Annie Sykes, of 47, York St., Edgeley, Stockport.

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To a great uncle who I never knew but who sacrificed his life for my freedom

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At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them.

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His body was never found but his name is inscribed on Le Touret military cemetery in France

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At some point, Eli who was 29 with three young children joined the army as a regular soldier. When War was declared in August 1914, he was e...

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My Great Grandad Eli who died aged 29 on 31st October 1914. I am visiting his memorial and doing a tour of battlefields this October to cele...

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