GROUP OF SEVEN TO LIEUTENANT SYKES M.B.E.-ROYAL ENGINEERS

M.B.E.(Military) Queens South Africa Medal,clasps :ORANGE FREE STATE/TRANSVAAL/BELMONT. Kings South Africa Medal, clasps: SOUTH AFRICA1901/SOUTH AFRICA1902,Brirtish War and Victory Medals,Defence Medal, and Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal(EdwardVII)
Corporal on Q.S.A.,Sergt on K.S.A.,W.O.1 on WW1 Pair,Q.M SJT Instructor on L.S.G.C.Medal.
Charles Starkey Sykes was born in 1867 in Lincoln.He enlisted in the Lincolnshire Volunteers in 1889,and then enlisted in the Royal Engineers in 1892
He arrived in Salonika on 03/01/1917.He was an Instructor in Engineering.,Retiring as a Captain, 1928
Medals about very fine and better,court mounted,backing a little "tatty".
Comes with two original photos of Sykes,original typed and signed record of his service,dated 1927. census returns,etc
Nice Group.

Code: 51341