Basic Details
Surname
Sparkes
Forenames
Harold Samuel John
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Service number
25256
Notes
The Roll lists his address as 25 West Parade.

(CWGC records that Private Harold Samuel John Sparkes, regimental number G/25256, died aged 21 on 14/4/1918 serving in 1st Battalion of The Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment, and is commemorated on Ploegsteert Memorial in Belgium. They record him as the son of John and E.A. Sparkes of 25 West Parade, Peterborough. Soldiers Died in the Great War records him as a native of Bourne who was living in Peterborough when he enlisted. The birth of Harold Samuel John Sparkes was registered in Bourne District in 1898. On the 1911 census he was living with his parents John and Elizabeth at 25 West Parade, Peterborough; he was their only child).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Royal West Surreys
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
Not stated on memorial
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Pte
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Not Stated on Memorial
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1918
Month of death
April
Day of death
14
Manner of death as stated
"Believed killed in action about 14 April 1918".
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action
Personal Details
Address
25, WEST PARADE
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial