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Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Sparks of Britannia Heights.
Digital gallery of Nursing Sister Letitia Sparks
Digital gallery of
Nursing Sister Letitia Sparks
Unknown Photographer, Heavenly
Twins, (Nursing Sister Etta Sparks
on the right) From the Etta Sparks
Album, gelatin silver print, PA
122435
The Etta Sparks Collection, photos related to her experiences as a nursing sister in the First World War, was donated to National Archives in 1979. Sparks was stationed at No. 5 Canadian General Hospital in Memphis, Egypt during WWI.
Digital gallery of
Nursing Sister Letitia Sparks
Photographer unknown, Queen of Sheba, From the Etta Sparks Album, gelatin silver print, PA 122445
The Etta Sparks Collection, photos related to her experiences as a nursing sister in the First World War, was donated to National Archives in 1979. Sparks was stationed at No. 5 Canadian General Hospital in Memphis, Egypt during WWI.
Digital gallery of
Nursing Sister Letitia Sparks
Photographer unknown, A Familiar Scene Cairo, From the Etta Sparks Album, gelatin silver print, PA 122445
The Etta Sparks Collection, photos related to her experiences as a nursing sister in the First World War, was donated to National Archives in 1979. Sparks was stationed at No. 5 Canadian General Hospital in Memphis, Egypt during WWI.
Digital gallery of
Nursing Sister Letitia Sparks
Photographer unknown, Group at Pyramids, From the Etta Sparks Album, gelatin silver print, PA 122444
The Etta Sparks Collection, photos related to her experiences as a nursing sister in the First World War, was donated to National Archives in 1979. Sparks was stationed at No. 5 Canadian General Hospital in Memphis, Egypt during WWI.
Image gallery
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© IWM (WWC H22-5)
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Nursing Sister Letitia 'Etta' Sparks was profiled in "Framing identity: social practices of photography in Canada (1880-1920)" by S.M. Close, E. de Groot, Faculty Faculty of Humanities, 2005.
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Unknown Photographer, Heavenly Twins, (Nursing Sister Etta Sparks on the right) From the Etta Sparks Album, gelatin silver print, PA 122435 The Etta Sparks Collection, photos related to her experiences as a nursing sister in the First World War, was donated to National Archives in 1979. Sparks was stationed at No. 5 Canadian General Hospital in Memphis, Egypt during WWI.
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Photographer unknown, Queen of Sheba, From the Etta Sparks Album, gelatin silver print, PA 122445 The Etta Sparks Collection, photos related to her experiences as a nursing sister in the First World War, was donated to National Archives in 1979. Sparks was stationed at No. 5 Canadian General Hospital in Memphis, Egypt during WWI.
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Photographer unknown, A Familiar Scene Cairo, From the Etta Sparks Album, gelatin silver print, PA 122445 The Etta Sparks Collection, photos related to her experiences as a nursing sister in the First World War, was donated to National Archives in 1979. Sparks was stationed at No. 5 Canadian General Hospital in Memphis, Egypt during WWI.
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Letitia Sparks and her parents were parisioners of Britannia Heights Methodist Church c 1920, now Britannia United Church, Pinecrest Road, Ottawa
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Photographer unknown, Group at Pyramids, From the Etta Sparks Album, gelatin silver print, PA 122444 The Etta Sparks Collection, photos related to her experiences as a nursing sister in the First World War, was donated to National Archives in 1979. Sparks was stationed at No. 5 Canadian General Hospital in Memphis, Egypt during WWI.
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A tribute to some women and men who served in armed conflicts - Nursing Sister Letitia “Etta” Sparks
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Ettia Sparks -Canadian Army Medical Corps - 1917
BRIGHTON CITY CEMETERY (BEAR ROAD) Sussex, United Kingdom
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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