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Captain SYDNEY JOHN SANKEY

Regiment & Unit/Ship

South Staffordshire Regiment

6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 25 September 1915

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LARCH WOOD (RAILWAY CUTTING) CEMETERY

I. L. 3.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Elizabeth Sankey, of Hunley Lodge, Penn Fields, Wolverhampton, and the late John William Sankey.
  • Personal Inscription GRANT HIM O LORD ETERNAL REST AND LET LIGHT PERPETUAL SHINE UPON HIM
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Buried or commemorated at

LARCH WOOD (RAILWAY CUTTING) CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 857
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