We remember Ernest Sprakes

We remember Ernest Sprakes

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Timeline

Timeline

1897
birth Gainsborough, Lincolnshire United Kingdom Source:7098527 Source:7966132 1897
1916
enlistment Gainsborough, Lincolnshire United Kingdom Source:7966132 1916
1916
service British Army Rifleman 5778 London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles) Source:7966132 1916 - 31st December 1916
1917
service British Army Rifleman 372866 London Regiment 2/8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles) Source:9092244 1st January 1917 - 1917
1917
awards Military Medal (MM) British Award/Decoration Source:9092244 1917
service British Army Lance Corporal 372866 London Regiment 2/8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles) Source:7098527
theatres France & Belgium: 1a Source:7966132
1917
death Killed in Action Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen Belgium Source:7098527 Source:7966132 30th October 1917
burial Tyne Cot Memorial CWGC Cemetery/Memorial West-Vlaanderen Belgium Panel 150 to 151 Source:7098527

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names Ernest
Initials E
Last Name Sprakes
Source 4212779
Gender
GenderSource
Male
Contribution

Military Service

Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
British Army 5778 London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles) Rifleman
British Army 372866 London Regiment 2/8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles) Lance Corporal
British Army 372866 London Regiment 2/8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles) Rifleman
Awards
AwardTypeSource
Military Medal (MM) British Award/Decoration
Family
Parents
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Mary Hannah Killelay mother

Media

Communities

Communities

Evidence

Evidence

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Official Records

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Medal Index Card
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records Imperial1
Medal Index Cards Transcription Valerie34433
Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919 Transcription Valerie34433

External Evidence

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Military Medal - E Sprake - London Gazette 12 Dec 1917 Valerie34433

Multimedia

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Military Medal Vincent96527
Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlanderen, Belgium 1 Vincent96527
Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlanderen, Belgium 2 Vincent96527
Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlanderen, Belgium 3 Vincent96527
Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlanderen, Belgium 4 Vincent96527

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