CHINDITS 1944 Sykes, Alfred

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Sykes ​

• FORENAME

Alfred ​

• UNIT

Royal Engineers, attached 2 Bn Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) (16 Bde) (22 column) ​

• RANK

Captain ​

• NUMBER

291850 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

10th April 1944 ​

• AGE

36​

• GRAVESITE

Rangoon Memorial, Myanmar Face 3 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 28.03.1908 Huddersfield, Yorkshire​

resided South Africa​

1929 entered service Royal Engineers​

son of Alfred and Mrs Sykes​

husband of Margaret Sykes​

Accidentally killed, Burma or India​

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[AnnetteB]

Thank you for this. In case you’d like to complete the entry, Alfred was just 36 when he was killed - his date of birth was 28th March 1908.

 

[Craig Robertson]

Thank you for this. In case you’d like to complete the entry, Alfred was just 36 when he was killed - his date of birth was 28th March 1908.

Thanks, i've updated his record and added newspaper obituary too.
Best regards, Craig

 

[AnnetteB]

Thanks, i've updated his record and added newspaper obituary too.
Best regards, Craig

Thank you. I note that his place of death has also been amended as per the newspaper obituary, in which I believe that there are some inaccuracies including the place of death, which I understand from other sources to have been Burma.