The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private J Sykes

Private Jim SYKES, 205563, 10th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 7th December 1917, age 19.

4th February 1898, born Slaithwaite, Yorkshire, son of Geoffrey and Eva Sykes, Clough House, Slaithwaite, near Huddersfield, Yorkshire.

3rd July 1898, St James, Slaithwaite with East Scammonden, Yorkshire, baptism of Jim Sykes son of Geoffrey, (stone mason), and Eva Sykes, Clough House, Slaithwaite.

1911 Census - 10 Clough House, Slaithwaite, near Huddersfield, Yorkshire - George Sykes, head, age 26, married, tin plate worker, hardware & ironmongery, worker, born Slaithwaite, Yorkshire; Emma Sykes, wife, age 36, married 2 years, 1 child, still alive, at home born Huddersfield, Yorkshire; Eva Sykes, daughter, age 1, born Slaithwaite, Yorkshire; Lizzie Sykes, sister, age 17, single, wollen twister, cloth manufacturing, worker, born Slaithwaite, Yorkshire; Wood Sykes, brother, age 24, single, wollen weaver, cloth manufacturing, worker, born Slaithwaite, Yorkshire; Tom Sykes, brother, age 21, cotton piecer, spinning mill, worker, born Slaithwaite, Yorkshire; Jim Sykes, brother, age 13, wollen piecer, cloth mill, worker, born Slaithwaite, Yorkshire.

Enlisted Huddersfield, Yorkshire, age 18 years & 270 days, height 5ft 4 inches, weight 110lbs. Formerly woollen piercer.

Home, 24th June 1916 to 2nd July 1917; BEF, 3rd July 1917 to 7th December 1917.

24th June 1916, deemed to have been enlisted; 11th November 1916, called up for service ;22nd November 1916, posted Provisional Battalion, Service No 20702; 26th Durham Light Infantry, Service No. 350844; 4th July 1917, Folkestone, embarked; 4th July 1917, Boulogne, disembarked; 21st July 1917, 35 Infantry Base Depot, transferred to Royal West Kent Regiment; 21st July 1917, posted 10th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment.

24th November 1919, Statement of Relatives - Widow, none; Children, none; Father, dead; Mother, dead; Brothers - George Sykes, age 34, 10 Clough House, Slaithwaite; Tom Sykes, age 30, No.1. Follingworth, Slaithwaite; Wood Sykes, age 32, 73 Wood Top, Slaithwaite; Sisters - Lizzie Bulless, No.3 Pighill Top, Slaithwaite.

Buried at Giavera British Cemetery, Plot 6. Row E. Grave 11, Arcade, Italy. Commemorated Slaithwaite, Yorkshire War Memorial.

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