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Lt-Col. Samuel Stanley Sykes MC.
British Army 1/8th Leeds Rifles Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment
from:Leeds, West Yorkshire
Extract from the book, 'Leeds in the Great War (1914-1918)':
"The battalion were now commanded by Lieut.-Colonel S. S. Sykes, and suffered a period of difficult outpost warfare on the ridges near Passchendaele amidst great discomfort due to weather, the state of ground, and the activities on both sides. Christmas was spent in the front line, and shortly afterwards Lieut.-Colonel Sykes went home sick, and Major Longbottom, D.S.O., assumed command, the battalion going out to rest at Staple."
Samuel Stanley Sykes, known as Stan served with the 1/8th Battalion, Leeds Rifles, based at Carlton Barracks, Leeds. They were deployed to France in October 1915.