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Pte. Eli Sykes
British Army 2nd Btn. Kings Own Yorkshire Light infantry
from:Reddish, Stockport, Cheshire
(d.31st Oct 1914)
Eli Sykes joined the army in 1902 aged 17 as part of the Cheshire Regiment. He was later transferred to the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.
In 1914 when WW1 broke out he was stationed in barracks in Dublin. On 24th August 1914 he was sent to France. At the first Battle of Ypres he was last seen on 31st October 1914, having been dropped off by bus in a town called Messines in Belgium. His body was never found, and he was officially declared dead in 1916. He is commemorated at Le Touret Memorial on the French/Belgian border as well as at Willow Grove cemetary in Stockport. He left a wife and four small children, including my grandfather (also called Eli) who was two months old when his father died. Eli was only 29 years old.
