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Second Lieutenant Nicholas Alan Sparks

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Military service

Service number: ZC8138
Age: 23
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians)
Birth: November 26, 1937 Ottawa, Ontario
Enlistment: September 19, 1958
Death: July 25, 1961 Edmonton, Alberta

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: Grave 6, Section 22E, Lot No 14
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Son of Nicholas and Gabrielle Sparks. Brother of Joan Sparks.

OTTAWA (BEECHWOOD) CEMETERY Ontario, Canada

OTTAWA (BEECHWOOD) CEMETERY contains 98 Commonwealth burials of the First World War and 113 from the Second World War. Many of the graves are in the two veterans plots, where there is also a Cross of Sacrifice dedicated to all service casualties buried in the cemetery.

The OTTAWA CREMATION MEMORIAL is in a shelter adjoining the newer of the veterans plots in the cemetery and commemorates 26 Second World War servicemen whose remains were cremated elsewhere in Canada and the U.S.A.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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