Lieut-Col. Harold Platt Sykes

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Harold Platt Sykes

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Stockport RD, Cheadle, Cheshire, England UK
Death: February 13, 1942 (76)
Wenlock RD, Shropshire, England UK (age 76)
Immediate Family:

Son of Thomas Hardcastle Sykes and Mary Sykes
Husband of Winifred Charlotte Jane Sykes
Father of Peter Thomas Wellesley Sykes; Winifred Mary Sykes; Nesta Mabel Sykes and Thomas Henry Sykes
Brother of Isabel H Sykes; Alan John Sykes and Maud M Sykes

Occupation: 1871 - 6, Scholar; Lieut Colonel; 1911 - Army Officer Retired Pay Lieut Col Commanding Denbighshire Hussars Y Company;, 1871 - 6, Scholar;
Managed by: William Bridge
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About Lieut-Col. Harold Platt Sykes

1881 Census - aged 16, boarder in Rugby at Boarding house to Rugby School.


He lived at Longford Hall, Newport, Shropshire and Beckbury Hall, Shifnal, Shropshire.


Dragoon Guards 1897

  • First Name: H P
  • Surname: Sykes
  • Nationality: British
  • Information: The Officer was on the Supernumerary or Seconded List.
  • Further Information: p.c.,
  • Rank: Captain
  • Service: British Army
  • Regiment: Dragoon Guards
  • Battalion: 2nd Battalion
  • Seniority Date: 10/03/1897

The Boer war medals to British and Commonwealth forces 1899-1902

1902

  • First Name: Harold Platt
  • Initials: H
  • Surname: Sykes
  • Nationality: South African
  • Rank: Captain
  • Campaign Medals:
  • Queen's South Africa Medal
  • King's South Africa Medal
  • Service: South African Army
  • Regiment: Kimberley Horse
  • Archive Reference: WO100/255

The Boer war medals to British and Commonwealth forces 1899-1902

  • First Name: Harold Platt
  • Initials: H
  • Surname: Sykes
  • Nationality: British
  • Rank: Captain
  • Campaign Medals:
  • Queens South Africa Medal
  • Kings South Africa Medal
  • Clasps Awarded:
  • Paardeberg
  • Relief Of Mafeking
  • Transvaal
  • Service: British Army
  • Regiment: Dragoon Guards
  • Battalion: 2nd (Queens Bays)

Anglo-Boer War records 1899-1902

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  • First name(s) Harold Platt
  • Last name Sykes
  • Service number -
  • Rank Captain
  • Regiment 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays)
  • Literary references Meteor Magazine - Rugby School 1900/35
  • Rugby School Register 3
  • Honours and Awards of the South African War 44
  • In the Web of a War: H. F. Prevost BattersbyI Medal Index Card
  • The National Archives
  • London
  • Notes The Queen's South Africa (QSA) Medal Clasps: Paardeberg, Relief of Mafeking, Transvaal
  • Country Great Britain
  • Record set Anglo-Boer War records 1899-1902
  • Category Military, armed forces & conflict
  • Subcategory Boer Wars



UK Army List 1907

  • First Name: H P
  • Surname: Sykes
  • Nationality: British
  • Information: Retired Pay. Second in Command. Honorary Lieutenant Colonel.
  • Rank: Major
  • Rank (2nd): Captain
  • Service: British Army
  • Regiment: Denbighshire Yeomanry
  • Seniority Date: 12/05/1903

Collection: UK Army List 1914

  • First Name: H P
  • Surname: Sykes
  • Nationality: British
  • Information: Captain retired on pay. Captain Reserve of Officers.
  • Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Service: British Army
  • Regiment: Denbigshire Yeomanry
  • Battalion: Territorial Force
  • Seniority Date: 12/21/1910

Medal Index Cards

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  • First name(s) Harold Platt
  • Last name Sykes
  • Service number -
  • Rank Lieutenant Colonel
  • Corps Denbigh Yeomanry
  • Service record Rank: Lieutenant Colonel, Corps: Denbigh Yeomanry
  • Archive reference WO372/19
  • Archive reference description Campaign Medal Index Cards and Silver War Badge Cards
  • Country Great Britain
  • Image link http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=D5466999
  • Record set World War One British Army medal index cards
  • Category Armed forces & conflict
  • Subcategory First World War


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Lieut-Col. Harold Platt Sykes's Timeline

1865
February 19, 1865
Stockport RD, Cheadle, Cheshire, England UK
1904
1904
Longford, Shropshire, England UK
1906
1906
Longford, Shropshire, England UK
1908
1908
Longford, Shropshire, England UK
1910
1910
Longford, Shropshire, England UK
1942
February 13, 1942
Age 76
Wenlock RD, Shropshire, England UK