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JOHN FREDERICK SPRAKE

  • Died: 21 Aug 1915
  • Rank: Private
  • Service no at death: 911
  • Died: 21 Aug 1915
  • Rank: Private
  • Service no at death: 911
Personal
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  • Surname: SPRAKE
  • Forename: JOHN FREDERICK
  • Initials: J F
  • Date of Birth: 1875
  • Place of Birth: Wimborne St Giles
  • Place of Birth Source: 1911 Census
  • Address: Knowle Hill, Witchampton, Wimborne, Dorset
  • Schools attended:
  • Employment / trade: Farm Worker
  • Place of work: Knowle Hill Farm
  • Family (parents and grandparents): Parents: Thomas Bradford & Rosa Helen Sprake of Parkstone Road, Poole
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Military
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  • Regiment at call-up: Dorset Yeomanry (Queen's Own)
  • Regiment at discharge:
  • Rank at call-up: Private
  • Service no at call-up: 911
  • Date of attestation:
  • Date of call-up:
  • Area reported to:
  • Source: 1911 Census
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Death and Memorial
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  • Age at death: 40
  • Date of death: 21 Aug 1915
  • Regiment at death: Dorset Yeomanry (Queen's Own)
  • Battalion at death:
  • Rank at death: Private
  • Circumstances of death: Theatre of War (3) Egypt Kill in Action
  • Service no at death: 911
  • Field of action at death: Gallipoli
  • Place of death: Balkan Theatre
  • Location of grave: Helles Memorial
  • Position:
  • Other memorials: Plaque within Wimborne St Giles Church and Woodlands, Church of the Ascension
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