Military service
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Son of Fred and Evlyne M. Sparkes, of Regina, Saskatchewan.
Digital gallery of Sergeant Douglas Albert George Sparkes
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Douglas Albert George Sparkes
The seven graves (two RCAF, five RAF) at the Forest Cemetary in Falkenberg has been decorated every year at All Saints Day since 1954 by the local Lions Club in Falkenberg. One member, Stig Ringstrom (born 1913) has been participating every year since than. (The photo is from 2009)
Sparkes' grave is left outside. An unknown keeps putting a Canadian flag on it.
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Douglas Albert George Sparkes
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Douglas Albert George Sparkes
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Douglas Albert George Sparkes
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Douglas Albert George Sparkes
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Douglas Albert George Sparkes
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Douglas Albert George Sparkes
Sergeant Douglas Albert George Sparkes is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Douglas Albert George Sparkes
Sergeant Douglas Albert George Sparkes is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Douglas Albert George Sparkes
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Douglas Albert George Sparkes
From the Regina Leader Post October 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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The seven graves (two RCAF, five RAF) at the Forest Cemetary in Falkenberg has been decorated every year at All Saints Day since 1954 by the local Lions Club in Falkenberg. One member, Stig Ringstrom (born 1913) has been participating every year since than. (The photo is from 2009) Sparkes' grave is left outside. An unknown keeps putting a Canadian flag on it.
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Sergeant Douglas Albert George Sparkes is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Sergeant Douglas Albert George Sparkes is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Regina Leader Post October 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 449 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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FALKENBERG FOREST CEMETERY Sweden
Falkenberg is on the south-west coast in the district of Halland, 110 kilometres south of Gothenburg. FALKENBERG FOREST CEMETERY is situated in a woodland setting about 3 kilometres south of the town on the main road to Halsingborg. The war graves lie in a grass plot beside a flagged path, overshadowed by trees.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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