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Rifleman WILLIAM ROBERT JOHN SPARKES

Service Number: 375095
Regiment & Unit/Ship

London Regiment (Post Office Rifles)

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 September 1917

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL

Panel 54.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment posted to 2nd/10th Bn. London Regiment
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Edith Sparkes, of Fusie Cottages, Landport, Sidmouth, Devon; husband of Florence Matilda Katie Sparkes, of 14, Falcon Terrace, Falcon Rd., Battersea, London.
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