What key details about frederick sykes can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: air vice-marshal sir frederick hugh sykes , gcsi , gcie , gbe , kcb , cmg -lrb- 23 july 1877 -- 30 september 1954 -rrb- was a military officer , british statesman and politician . sykes was a junior officer in the 15th hussars before becoming interested in military aviation . 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 .
- caption is major general frederick sykes- battles is second boer war world war i- death date is 30 september 1954- allegiance is united kingdom- commands is military the air staff wing of the royal flying corps chief of- rank is air vice-marshal- awards is knight of india knight grand commander of the order of the grand indian empire knight grand cross of the order of the commander british empire knight commander of the order of the bath of companion of the order of st michael and st george the mention in despatches -lrb- 2 -rrb- order of the star- birth date is 23 july 1877- serviceyears is 1899 - 1919- name is frederick hugh sykes- branch is 23px -rrb- united kingdom -lrb- 1918 & ndash ; 1919 -rrb- british army -lrb- 1899 & ndash ; 1918- laterwork is statesman and politician- image is maj gen frederick sykes.jpg- death place is london , england- birth place is croydon , england