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Gunner JAMES SPARKES

Service Number: 44347
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Field Artillery

51st Bty.

Date of Death

Died 24 July 1916

Age 31 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MERICOURT-L'ABBE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

II. C. 10.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Ann Sparkes, of 5, Princes St., Mansfield, Notts.
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Buried or commemorated at

MERICOURT-L'ABBE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 422
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