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Lieutenant JOHN DRURY SPARKES

Service Number: 73097
Regiment & Unit/Ship

The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 13 November 1940

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY

XXIX. H. 10.

Egypt

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of Charles Drury Sparkes and Louisa Margaret Sparkes, of Curry Rivel, Somerset.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE ALL THAT LIFE HAD TO OFFER AND FINALLY LIFE ITSELF
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