The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Corporal B W Sparks

Photograph by "Anonymous"

Corporal Bert(ie) William SPARKS, G/30491, 6th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, death presumed on or after, 21st September 1918, age 26.

Born Northfleet, Kent, son of William & Charlotte Sparks.

1911 Census - 17 Samaritan Grove, Northfleet, Kent - William Sparks, head, age 51, married, labourer, cement manufacturer, worker, born Northfleet, Kent; Charlotte Sparks, wife, age 46, married 29 years, 10 children, 8 still alive, field worker, Gunns, worker, born Horse Man Den, Kent; Charlotte Sparks, daughter, age 28, single, at home, born Northfleet, Kent; Florence Ramsell, daughter, age 22, married 6 years, 4 children, 3 still alive, (general servant crossed through), born Northfleet, Kent; Bert Sparks, son, age 21, single, labourer, cooper, cooperage, cement works, worker, born Northfleet, Kent; Ada Sparks, daughter, age 16, single, general servant, worker, born Northfleet, Kent; Dorothy Sparks, daughter, age 13, school, born Northfleet, Kent; Ethel Sparks, daughter, age 11, school, born Northfleet, Kent; Percy Sparks, son, age 6, born Northfleet, Kent; Alice Sparks, daughter, age 3, born Northfleet, Kent.

1913 June, Medway Registration District, Bertie W Sparks, married Elsie Agnes Maytum, (born 11th August 1893), 79, Windmill St., Gravesend, Kent.

Enlisted Maidstone, Kent.

1920 December, Gravesend Registration District, Elsie A Sparks, married Alfred Cracknell.

Buried at Unicorn Cemetery, I. A. 23., Vend'huile, France. Commemorated Northfleet Roll of Honour.

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