Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Lieutenant H. Sykes, 7th Battalion Gurkha Rifles

British War Medal 1914-20 (2. Lieut. H. Sykes); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (Lieut. H. Sykes. 1/7 Grks.); Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, with Overseas Service bar; War Medal 1939-45, Canadian issue in silver, contact marks, nearly very fine, the Second War awards better (4) £120-160

Hugh Sykes was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and attested for the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force on 4 October 1915. Originally posted to the 35th Battalion, C.E.F., and then the Canadian Army Medical Corps, he was commissioned into the 7th Battalion, Gurkha Rifles, and served with them during the Great War and in subsequent operations on the North West Frontier of India during the Third Afghan War.

Note: This is the recipient’s full entitlement. A 1914-15 Star and a Victory Medal were additionally issued to him in error in May 1925, but these were returned to the Canadian authorities on 12 November 1932 (recipient’s Medal Index Card refers).