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Name: SYKES, Clement Arthur CMG, DSO (Brig.-General)
Nee: 3rd son of Henry Peters Sykes of London
Birth Date: 29 Jan 1871 Headington, Oxford
Death Date: 24 June 1938 Kensington, London
First Date: 1898
Last Date: 1900
Profession: Appt. Uganda Mil.; with 1st Baluchis at Kampala July 1898; Nile Province 1898; Capt.; dep. for Zanzibar 29/5/1900; end of appt. May 1900
Area: Kampala
Married: In Yercaud, Madras, India 31 Mar 1910 Noragh Pamela Cowley Brown b. 12 Mar 1882 Salisbury, Wilts., d. 2 May 1974 Norwich
Children: Peter Henry (9 Jan 1911 Bangalore-1989)
Author: 'Service and Sport on the Tropical Nile' 1903
Book Reference: North, UJ, DSO, Web, Chandler, Web, Fox Davies, Who's Who
War Service: RA, Capt. RFA
General Information:
Uganda Journal - Vol 25, p.84 - 1898-1900 served in Uganda; 1900-02 South African War.
Web - Played cricket for the Army (South Africa) 1905/06
Chandler - One day in the Sudan, as he was running from some elephant, Sykes reportedly swore off foxhunting because he could now identify with the poor fox.