Captain Herbert Scholfield Sykes

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Memorial details

Memorial type

Board / Plaque / Tablet

District

Town

County

Country

Commemoration

Boer War; Second (1899-1902)

Ceremony

Dedicated
Date: 1st November 1900
Attended by: UNKNOWN

Lost

Not lost

WM Reference

46937

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Current location

37
St John the Baptist Church
Church Lane
Adel
Leeds
West Yorkshire
LS16 8DQ
England

OS Grid Ref: SE 27467 40236
Denomination: Church of England

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Description

Brass plaque

Inscription

TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND/ IN EVER LOVING MEMORY OF/ HERBERT SCHOLFIELD SYKES/ CAPTAIN 11TH BATTALION ROYAL SCOTS FUSILIERS/ BORN IN THIS PARISH JUNE 22ND 1863,/ BAPTISED IN THIS CHURCH./ HE FELL WHEN LEADING HIS COMPANY IN/ THE BATTLE OF PIETERS HILL, WHICH LED TO/ THE RELIEF OF LADYSMITH,/ FEBY 27TH. 1900. A.D./ AND WAS LAID TO REST NEAR THE FIELD/ OF ACTION WITH SOME OF HIS BROTHER OFFICERS/ AND MEN OF THE REGIMENT./ THE ETERNAL GOD IS THY REFUGE AND/ UNDERNEATH ARE THE EVERLASTING ARMS./ "GOD'S FAITHFUL SOLDIERS REST IN PEACE,/ THEIR TOIL, THEIR WARFARE O'ER/ LIFE'S LOVE AND WEARY WANDERINGS CEASE,/ THEY WATCH, THEY STRIVE NO MORE."

Inscription legible?

yes

Names on memorial

Sykes, Herbert Scholfield
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Commemorations

Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,rank, date of death, regiment, place of death, forenames, place of birth, place of burial, manner of death, date of birth, additional
Order of information: Undefined

Components

Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass

Listing information

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Costs

Comments: His parents, Mr and Mrs Alfred Sykes of Crookbridge Tower paid for the memorial.

Trust fund/Scholarship

No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

Sponsorship

Private

Reference

For Remembrance and in Honour of Those Who Lost Their Lives in the South African War 1899-1902 by Gildea, James 248 Published:Eyre and Spottiswoode 1911 London

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