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Ernest Sykes VC (4 April 1885 – 3 August 1949) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. ==VC action== Sykes was 32 years old, and a private in the 27th (Service) Battalion (4th Tyneside Irish), Northumberland Fusiliers, British Army during the First World War when the following deed took place on Easter Monday, 9 April 1917 〔(London Gazette Supplement issue 30122, 8 June 1917 page 5705 )〕 near Arras, France for which he was awarded the VC. His battalion in attack was held up by intense fire from front and flank, and suffered heavy casualties. Private Sykes, despite this heavy fire, went forward and brought back four wounded. He then made a fifth journey and remained out under conditions which appeared to be certain death, until he had bandaged all those too badly injured to be moved. His VC citation reads: During the Second World War Sykes returned to serve with the 25th Battalion West Riding Home Guard. His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Northumberland Fusiliers Museum, Alnwick, Northumberland, England. He is honoured with a Blue Plaque at the George Lawton Hall in Mossley.〔(Blue Plaque )〕 An additional Blue Plaque has been placed where he worked at Mossley railway station.〔(BBC online - Ernest Sykes VC )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ernest Sykes (VC)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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