SOE Sykes, Eric Anthony (Bill)

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Sykes ​

• FORENAME

Eric Anthony (Bill) ​

• UNIT

SOE Training Officer ​

• RANK

T/Major ​

• NUMBER

• DATE OF DEATH

12th May 1945 ​

• AGE

62 ​

• GRAVESITE

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

parent unit General List​

born 5.2.1883 Barton-on-Irwell,Lancashire (as E.A. Schwabe)​

moved to Hemel Hempstead 1890​

educated Heathrow School​

lived Shanghai 1907-40​

employed by Reiss and Company (merchants),Shanghai​

employed by China and Japan Trading Company,Shanghai​

employed S.J. David and Company (merchants,land and estate agents) 1927-37​

changed name by deed poll 10.3.1917​

Shanghai Municipal Police (Reserve Officer) 1926-40​

SIS (D Section) 1939 (A/Captain)​

War Office Special Training Centre,Lochailort,Scotland (instructor) July 1940​

SOE 1.1.1942​

STS 17,Brickendonbury,Hertfordshire (instructor)​

T/Major 8.9.1943​

left SOE due ill health December 1944​

retired 6.4.1945​

died 69 Egerton Road,Bexhill-on-Sea,Sussex​

not in CWGC records​

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