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Private R S SPARKES

Service Number: 29079
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 02 March 1917

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

AVESNES-LE-COMTE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

I. C. 6.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Samuel Sparkes; husband of Clara Annie Sparkes, of 1507, Fenwood Rd., Victoria, British Columbia.
  • Personal Inscription IN LOVING MEMORY OF MY DEAR HUSBAND
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Buried or commemorated at

AVESNES-LE-COMTE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 337
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