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Gunner R SPARKES

Service Number: 166265
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Garrison Artillery

6th Siege Bty.

Date of Death

Died 24 September 1917

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TROIS ARBRES CEMETERY, STEENWERCK

I. Y. 38.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Richard Joseph and Elizabeth Sparkes, of 72, Roseberry Rd., Redfield, Bristol.
  • Personal Inscription THY PURPOSE LORD WE CANNOT SEE BUT ALL IS WELL THAT'S DONE BY THEE
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Buried or commemorated at

TROIS ARBRES CEMETERY, STEENWERCK
Nord France
Number of casualties: 1704
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