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Leonard Taylor Sykes

In memory of:

Flying Officer Leonard Taylor Sykes

July 5, 1944

Military Service


Service Number:

J/26111

Age:

25

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

424 Sqdn.

Additional Information


Born:

November 27, 1918
Woodrow, Saskatchewan

Enlistment:

May 27, 1942
Calgary, Alberta

Son of Taylor and Maria Sykes of Fort Benton, Montana.

Commemorated on Page 457 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

BOISSY-SOUS-ST. YON COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Essonne, France

Grave Reference:

Grave 3.

Location:

Boissy-sous-St. Yon is a village 28 kilometres south-south-east of Versailles, and 7 kilometres south-south-west of Arpajon. The cemetery is on the south side of the village at the end of a by-road leading from the road to the neighbouring village of Breuillet.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Photo of LEONARD TAYLOR SYKES– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Memorial– Flying Officer Leonard Taylor Sykes is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Flying Officer Leonard Taylor Sykes is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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