Steven Sykes (mai zane)

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. 

 Manazarta 

Rukuni:Mutuwan 1999
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1914