Sparkes, Robert Wiliam Bell –

Son of Lt. Col. William Moore Bell Sparkes (Royal Army Medical Corps) and of Frederica May Sparkes. Of 5, Church Street, Bolton, Lancashire. Formerly Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Gazetted Temporary Lieutenant July 1915. Promoted temporary Captain 01/06/1916. Gazetted to Captain from Lieutenant July 1917. Later Captain, Lincolnshire Yeomanry.

Personal details

  • Surname: Sparkes
  • Forename: Robert Wiliam Bell
  • Date of birth: May 23rd, 1895
  • Birth place: Not known
  • Place of residence: Not known
  • Gender: Male
  • Age of death: Not known
  • Place of death: Not known
  • Date of death: Not known
  • Casualty type: Not known

Service details

  • Rank: Captain
  • Unit: 5th (Territorial) Battalion.
  • Service number: Not known
  • Regiment: Not known
  • Enlistment date: Not known
  • Enlistment location: Not known
  • Conflict: Not known

Decorations

  • Service medals: St / V / BW
  • Silver War badge: Not known
  • Awards: M.C.

Memorials

  • CWGC Memorial: Not known
  • CWGC reference: Not known

Local newspaper entries

  • Bolton Journal and Guardian entries: 30/07/1915 03/08/1917 07/09/1917 25/01/1918
  • Bolton Journal and Guardian references: 5f 6g 6b* 6g
  • Bolton Chronicle: 15/06/1917 03/08/1917 07/09/1917

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