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Edwin Sykes

Sergeant, 11th (Lonsdale) Battalion, The Border Regiment, 97 Brigade, 32nd Division.
He was killed in action during the attack on Albert on 1 July 1916, the first day of
the Battle of the Somme age 36.
He is buried in grave 1 G 20, Lonsdale Cemetery, Authuile.
He was the son of John and Elizabeth Sykes of Deddington.