Basic Details
Surname
Sykes
Forenames
Jack C
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative forename
Jack Coggin
War
First World War (1914-1918)
Served or died
Died
Notes
Hornshaw and Fowler provide the extra details. He had emigrated and worked for the Grand Trunk Railway in Winnipeg. He also attended college in Selkirk, Canada, and enlisted in 1916. He died fo a gunshot wound and was not found to have been commemorated on any other Calderdale memorial.
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Not Stated on the Memorial
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Not Stated on the Memorial
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Not Stated on the Memorial
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Canadian Army
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Canadian Mounted Rifles
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Private
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Country of burial
France
Town of burial
Etaples
Cemetery
British Military Cemetery
Year of death
1918
Month of death
March
Day of death
21
Age at death
21
Manner of death as stated
Not Stated on the Memorial
Manner of death reference
Died of Wounds