Alexander Sykes
| Full name | Alexander Richard Sykes | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 29 May 1891 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Birkenhead, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 4 May 1977 (aged 85) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Hampshire, England | ||||||||||||||||
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Colonel Alexander Richard Sykes (29 May 1891 – 4 May 1977)[1] was an English international rugby union player.
Born in Birkenhead, Sykes was a Blackheath forward, capped once for England in their final fixture of the 1914 Five Nations against France at Colombes, won 39–13 to secure the grand slam.[2]
Sykes served as an officer with the King's Liverpool Regiment in World War I, during which he received both a Military Cross and Distinguished Service Order. His DSO was awarded in 1919 for gallantry shown while in command of his battalion and aiding in the capture of 40 prisoners manned with machine guns.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Sykes". The Daily Telegraph. 6 May 1977.
- ^ "The Last International". The Guardian. 13 April 1914.
- ^ "D.S.O." Liverpool Daily Post. 13 January 1919.
External links
[edit]- Alexander Sykes at ESPNscrum
Categories:
- 1891 births
- 1977 deaths
- English rugby union players
- England international rugby union players
- Rugby union players from Birkenhead
- Rugby union forwards
- Blackheath F.C. players
- King's Regiment (Liverpool) officers
- British Army personnel of World War I
- Companions of the Distinguished Service Order
- Recipients of the Military Cross