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Military service
Service number:
644534
Age:
24
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division:
18th Bn.
Birth:
July 7, 1892
Death:
October 3, 1916
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Son of Albert and Jeanetta Sykes, of Victoria Harbour, Simcoe Co., Ontario.
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Charles Gordon Sykes of Victoria Harbour, Ontario -
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The year before he enlisted Charles earned his certificate as "Mate of a Passenger Steamer in the Inland Waters". He was one of many in the Sykes family to do so. -
Memorial
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens)
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Private Charles Gordon Sykes
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Gordon Sykes
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Gordon Sykes
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Gordon Sykes
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 170 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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