Joe Sykes (1885-1917)
An ongoing project to commemorate and research the lives of those who appear on war memorials and rolls of honour in the local area, who served in the military, or whose deaths were linked to conflict.
.jpg)
Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922
The following extract is from Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922 (2014) by J. Margaret Stansfield:
- SYKES, JOE. Private. No 45897. 12th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers. Born Golcar, Huddersfield 6.11.1885. Son of William Albert and Lois Sykes, 3 Oddfellow's Buildings, Deighton. Educated at Scapegoat Hill and Deighton schools. Employed as a putter-up by Messrs Edwin Walker and Company Limited, Field Mills, worsted cloth manufacturers. Husband of Clara Sykes, 9 Blackhouse Road, Fartown. Enlisted 24.7.1916. Was wounded by gunshot in the face and left arm on 17.4.1917. Died of wounds in No 7 Canadian General Hospital, Etaples, on 21.4.1917, aged 31 years. Buried ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY. Grave location:- Plot 19, Row E, Grave 11.
- ROH:- Christ Church, Woodhouse Hill; Fartown and Birkby War Memorial.
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- Private JOE SYKES
- regiment: Northumberland Fusiliers
- died: Saturday, April 21, 1917
- age: 31 years
- record ID: 506299
Links
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission (ID #506299)
- Imperial War Museums: Lives of the First World War (ID #4341982)