Private Samuel Sykes

1897 - 1918  (~ 21 years)

• Name	Samuel Sykes
  Prefix	Private
  Born	Feb 1897	, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Military	WW1
  	Sykes, Samuel Private, Enlisted with the 80th Battalion of Napanee and transferred to 73rd Battalion and later to 42nd Battalion. He was twenty years old in April 1918 and the son of Mr. and Mrs. W.J. Sykes of Preston, Ontario. He was wounded at Vimy Ridge April 9, 1917 and on August 28, 1918 he was killed in action. Kitchener Public Library - Soldier Information Card Collection - World War One
  		Sykes,Samuel-WW1.jpg
  Immigration	1911	, Canada   [1]
  Occupation	1911	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Laborer, Furniture Factory
  Residence	1911	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Anglican
  Military	1914	WW1   [2]
  	WW1, Private, 60th Battalion / 72rd Battalion / 42nd Battalion
  Misfortune	1918
  	Killed in WW1
  Residence	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-229857
  Died	28 Aug 1918
  Person ID	I229857	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	John Sykes,   b. 31 Dec 1866, , England ,   d. 4 Apr 1951, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Jane Clough,   b. 13 Sep 1873, , England ,   d. 30 Oct 1960  (Age 87 years)
  Family ID	F223083	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S1669] Census - ON, Waterloo, Preston - 1911, Div. 24 Pg. 33. [S2231] Military - Kitchener Public Library - Soldier Information Card Collection - World War One.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - Feb 1897 - , England Immigration - 1911 - , Canada Occupation - Laborer, Furniture Factory - 1911 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Anglican - 1911 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth