Private 2774 Ernest Harry SPARKES

Private 2774 Ernest Harry Sparkes{gallery}Pte E H Sparkes{/gallery}9th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died of epilepsy in Gallipoli, 12th November 1915, aged 30

• Buried: Pieta Military Cemetery, Malta. Grave D.VI.3
  
• Awarded 1915 Star (Balkans), British War and Victory Medals
  
• Son of Emma Sparkes
• Husband of Annie E. Sparkes [nee White]. Married Apr Qtr 1914
• NNWFHS Memorial: Atherstone

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Private Sparkes
• NNWFHS Atherstone War Memorial Page
• Pieta Military Cemetery
• Royal Warwickshire Regiment

Military, Census and Family History Information

• Born c1885 at Atherstone
  
• Lived as a boarder at Mercer’s Buildings, Hill Top, Atherstone [1911]
  
• Employed as a felt hatter [1901 & 1911]