History while in the forces
Aug 1915: underwent his training at various places. On the 28/7/15 he wrote "at last we are off, or shall be at 11 o'clock tonight. My address henceforward will be "Mediterranean Expeditionary Force".In his last letter dated 6 Oct 1915 he said that he had been in hospital "nothing serious, generally run down". I believe the cause was hard ambulance work, under very trying and bad conditions. From the descriptions in his letters it must have been a terrible time for him and others. But he was always cheerful. "Mr Sykes died on the 24th Nov 1915, whilst on active service in Gallipoli". That was the official notice. By his death, the Bank lost the services of a splendid and faithful servant.
- Surname
- Sykes
- Forename
- Frank Edward
- Service number
- 2279
- Rating or rank
- Private
- Regiment or Other Unit
- C Section 1/3 East Anglian Field Ambulance
- Branch
- Heckmondwike
- Date of Birth
- 09 Jun 1878
- Date of birth
- 1878
- Date of Entering Bank's Service
- 02 Jul 1894
- Date of Joining HM Forces
- 18 Jan 1915
