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Harry Eastborne Sykes – military record “impeccable.”

Harry was born on 29th January 1893, the only child to Arthur and Emily Sykes (nee Brown). The couple were living at 6 Mayflower Place, Hunslet. Arthur worked as a driller – engineer, sadly, Emily died 4 months after giving birth on 14 May 1893 at Killingbeck Hospital from Smallpox. Arthur married Esther Bucktrout in… Continue reading