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Douglas Albert George Sparkes

In memory of:

Sergeant Douglas Albert George Sparkes

August 30, 1944
Sea 10 kms off Anholt, Denmark

Military Service

Service Number:

R/155929

Age:

34

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

428 Sqdn.

Additional Information

Son of Fred and Evlyne M. Sparkes, of Regina, Saskatchewan.

Commemorated on Page 449 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

FALKENBERG FOREST CEMETERY
Sweden

Grave Reference:

Sec. III. 99.

Location:

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.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Photo of DOUGLAS ALBERT GEORGE SPARKES– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Photo of DOUGLAS ALBERT GEORGE SPARKES – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Service Book– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Service Book – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Correspondence– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Correspondence
    Correspondence – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Correspondence– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Correspondence
    Correspondence – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of DOUGLAS ALBERT GEORGE SPARKES– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Photo of DOUGLAS ALBERT GEORGE SPARKES
    Photo of DOUGLAS ALBERT GEORGE SPARKES – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Regina Leader Post October 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Regina Leader Post October 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Paying respects– 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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    Paying respects
    Paying respects – 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.
  • Memorial– 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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    Memorial – Sergeant Douglas Albert George Sparkes is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– 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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    Memorial – Sergeant Douglas Albert George Sparkes is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– 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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    Memorial – 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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