Lt Cecil Ambrose Sparks RFA

1893 Dec 10. Born Isle of Wight

1901 census at 15, (Coralie Cottage), Granville Road, Cowes

1909 Nov 16. Enlisted in RFA. Service Record . Gave age as 18years 6 months

1911 census at Bullingdon Camp with 138th Battery Royal Field Artillery. He has lied on age, and put it at 1891

1914 Aug 19. Landed in France

1915 Jul 9. Shrapnel wounds to thigh

1915 Aug 27 Returns to UK.

1916 Nov 1. Returns to France

1917 Feb 25. Promoted Sgt

1917 Oct 1. Returns to UK

1918 May 27. Commissioned 2nd Lt

1920 Jan 14 Gazetted out as Lt, with a gratuity

1921 Jun 8. Joined ADRIC with service no 2037. Posted to I Coy.

1922 Jan. Appears to have served till demobilisation

1926 Jan/Mar Married in London to Edith M Buxton

1941 Jan/Mar Died Romford Essex aged 47.

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