Steven Sykes (mai zane)

Steven Sykes (mai zane)
Rayuwa
Haihuwa	Formby (mul) , 30 ga Augusta, 1914
ƙasa	Birtaniya United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Mutuwa	22 ga Janairu, 1999
Karatu
Harsuna	Turanci
Sana'a
Sana'a	masu kirkira
Wurin aiki	Midhurst (en)

Steven Barry Sykes (30 ga Agusta 1914 - 22 ga Janairu 1999) wani mai fasaha ne ɗan Birtaniya, wanda aka san shi da cocin Gethsemane a cikin Coventry Cathedral da aka sake ginawa. Ya kasance mai himma a sashin ɓoye hamada na Burtaniya a Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu, kuma shine ke da alhakin ginin jirgin ƙasa mai ban dariya a Misheifa da kuma ingantaccen ɓoyewa da yaudarar sojoji a fannin kare Tobruk a 1942.

Rayuwar farko

An haifi Sykes a Formby, Lancashire . Mahaifinsa likitan iyali ne, AB Sykes na Ashhurst, Formby. Ya je Makarantar Koyarwa da ke Caversham Park kuma ya yi karatun zane- zanen gilashi a Kwalejin Fasaha ta Royal . Ya sami tallafin karatu na tafiye-tafiye zuwa Faransa da Italiya a shekarar 1936 kuma bayan dawowarsa ya shiga ɗakin studio na gilashin fenti na Herbert Hendrie da ke Edinburgh .

Sykes ya auri mai zane Jean Judd a watan Fabrairun 1940. A lokacin mutuwarsa a shekarar 1999, ya bar 'ya'ya maza biyu da 'ya mace ɗaya.

Kamewa a Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu

Malamin RCA na Sykes, Barry Hart, wanda ya san Freddie Beddington, wanda ya kafa Cibiyar Ci Gaban da Horarwa ta Camouflage a Farnham Castle, ya ba da shawarar ya zama jami'in ɓoye sirri. Richard Buckley, ɗaya daga cikin malaman Farnham, ya ɗauki Sykes aiki nan take a matsayin jami'i a Royal Engineers . An tura shi Faransa a watan Maris na 1940 kuma aka kwashe shi daga Dunkirk a watan Mayu. Sai a lokacin ne ya je horon ɓoye sirri a Farnham.

Sykes ya fara aikinsa na gaba da wahala, a Gabas ta Tsakiya. Kusan ya mutu a hatsarin mota a kan wani babban titi zuwa Kahon Hattin a Falasdinu . Jirgin ruwan yaƙin Faransa ya harba motarsa yayin da yake tafiya zuwa Sidon; ya lura da ƙananan walƙiya a gefen jirgin, ba da daɗewa ba sai fashewar abubuwa a kan hanya a gabansa. Yana rashin lafiya sosai a cikin jirgin leƙen asiri na sama, kuma ya kamu da cutar zazzabin cizon sauro, wanda ya ƙare a asibiti a Urushalima.

Sykes ya fahimci da sauri cewa ɓoyewa a cikin hamada zai buƙaci amfani da dabaru daban-daban daga waɗanda ya koya a Farnham. Ya bayyana yadda rundunonin sojoji suka isa Arewacin Afirka "da ragar ɓoyewa da aka yi wa ado da kore da launin ruwan kasa waɗanda suka dace da yanayin Turai, kuma, a matsayinsu na masu ladabtarwa nagari, sun yi musu kaifi a kan yashi mai haske a kusa da motocinsu da suka tsaya". [1]

Shugaban Hukumar Kame-kame ta Sojojin Burtaniya a Gabas ta Tsakiya a Masar, Geoffrey Barkas, ya bayyana Sykes a matsayin "ƙwararren jami'in kame-kame a fannin fasaha, kuma wanda ke tunanin kame-kame a fannin yaƙi." Barkas ya sanya Sykes a matsayin "Jami'in Ma'aikatan Kame-kame na Aji na 2" na farko a rundunar sojojin Burtaniya.