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Driver JOHN EDWARD SPARROW

Service Number: 970268
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Field Artillery

''C'' Bty. 223rd Bde.

Date of Death

Died 24 April 1918

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ACHEUX BRITISH CEMETERY

Plot 1. Row C. Grave 7.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of W. H. and A. Sparrow, of 27, Reedham Street, Peckham, London.
  • Personal Inscription IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR DEAR SON WHO GAVE HIS LIFE FOR HIS HOME AND COUNTRY.
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Buried or commemorated at

ACHEUX BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 180
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