Air Vice-Marshal Sir Frederick Hugh Sykes GCSI, GCIE, GBE, KCB, CMG, PC (23 July 1877 - 30 September 1954) was a military officer, British statesman and politician. Sykes was a junior officer in the 15th Hussars before becoming interested in military avaiation. He was the first Officer Commanding the Military Wing of the Royal Flying Corps before World War I and later served as the Flying Corps' Chief of Staff in France during the 1914 and 1915.
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- Air Vice-Marshal Sir Frederick Hugh Sykes GCSI, GCIE, GBE, KCB, CMG, PC (23 July 1877 - 30 September 1954) was a military officer, British statesman and politician. Sykes was a junior officer in the 15th Hussars before becoming interested in military avaiation. He was the first Officer Commanding the Military Wing of the Royal Flying Corps before World War I and later served as the Flying Corps' Chief of Staff in France during the 1914 and 1915. Later in the War, he served in the Royal Naval Air Service in the Eastern Mediterranean before returning to Great Britain where he worked to organise the Machine Gun Corps and manpower planning. In late 1917 and early 1918, Sykes was the deputy to General Wilson on the Supreme War Council and from April 1918 to early 1919 he served as the second Chief of the Air Staff. After the War, Sykes was appointed the Controller of Civil Aviation and he continued in this role until 1922 when he entered politics, becoming the Conservative MP for Sheffield Hallam, which he held until 1928 when he resigned. From 1928 to 1931 Sykes was Governor of Bombay, after which time he returned to Great Britain where he involved himself in business and public life. During World War II, Sykes was an MP once more, this time for Central Nottingham. He lost his seat in 1945 and he died nine years later.
- Sir Frederick Hugh Sykes (né le 23 juillet 1873 - mort le 30 septembre 1954) fut un général britannique. Il a servi dans l'Armée britannique lors de la Première Guerre mondiale.
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- Frederick Henry Sykes
- the American college president (1863-1917)
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- Air Vice-Marshal Sir Frederick Hugh Sykes GCSI, GCIE, GBE, KCB, CMG, PC (23 July 1877 - 30 September 1954) was a military officer, British statesman and politician. Sykes was a junior officer in the 15th Hussars before becoming interested in military avaiation. He was the first Officer Commanding the Military Wing of the Royal Flying Corps before World War I and later served as the Flying Corps' Chief of Staff in France during the 1914 and 1915.
- Sir Frederick Hugh Sykes (né le 23 juillet 1873 - mort le 30 septembre 1954) fut un général britannique. Il a servi dans l'Armée britannique lors de la Première Guerre mondiale.
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