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Auction: 9033 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 107

Pair: Second Lieutenant L.G. Sykes, Royal Flying Corps, Killed Whilst Flying, 22.3.1918 British War and Victory Medals (2.Lieut. L.G. Sykes), extremely fine, with Great War Bronze Memorial Plaque (Leslie Gordon Sykes) (3) Estimate £ 180-220 Second Lieutenant Leslie Gordon Sykes, a native of Lindley, Yorkshire, son of Lieutenant-Colonel H.H. Sykes; served during the Great War in the Royal Field Artillery, in the French theatre of war, 1916-17; transferred to the Royal Flying Corps and was killed whilst flying DH6 B2835, 22.3.1918, whilst posted at 190 (Night) Training Squadron; he is buried in St. Stephen´s Church, Lindley.

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£340