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Private ALFRED LEONARD SPARROW

Service Number: S/255296
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Army Service Corps

Base Supply Depot

Date of Death

Died 29 August 1917

Age 34 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BASRA WAR CEMETERY

I. B. 3.

Iraq

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of G. T. and Charlotte Sparrow, of 6, Alesbury Terrace, Halling, Rochester, Kent. His brother Fred Sparrow also fell.
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Buried or commemorated at

BASRA WAR CEMETERY
Iraq
Number of casualties: 3071
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