SPARKES George Cyril

  • First Name(s):
    George 
    Cyril 
  • Surname:
    SPARKES
  • Service Number:
    7915
  • Rank:

    Rifleman

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    King's Royal Rifle Corps
  • Battalion:
    4th Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    6th February 1915
  • Age At Death:
    27
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, France, Grave III. B. 87.
  • Place of Birth:
    Hartlebury, Worcestershire, resident Stourport, enlisted Kidderminster
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Mary Sparkes, Court 2, Bridge Street, Stourport, Worcestershire

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SPARKES George Cyril Is Named On These Memorials

Stourport High School formerly in Stourport Boys School
Stourport War Memorial

Further Information About SPARKES George Cyril

Surname spelt Sparks on Soldiers Died in the Great War.

George Sparkes enlisted on 16th January 1907 and served in Egypt from late 1907.  He was in India from March 1910, latterly at Rawalpindi.  He embarked on the “Ionian” on 13th October 1914 and was briefly at Winchester before joining the British Expeditionary Force on 20th December 1914.  He died after the amputation of both legs.

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