Samuel SPARKES

SAMUEL SPARKES. ABLE SEAMAN 188713 ROYAL NAVY ON HMS MYRMIDON BORN 7 DEC 1880 AT COSHAM, HAMPSHIRE TO SAMUEL AND ELIZA. ENLISTED 1 MAY 1896 OCCUPATION PRIOR TO ENLISTMENT, FARM BOY . DIED 30 OCT 1904 AGED 24. HE WENT ASHORE 30 OCT 1904, HIS BODY WAS FOUND 4 NOV 1904 IN A CREEK IN MALTA DOCK YARD, DIED OF ASPHYXIA. IN 1881 HE WAS LIVING WITH HIS PARENTS AND SIBLINGS AT PORTSDOWN HILL COTTAGE COSHAM. HIS SISTER WAS INFORMED OF HIS DEATH 10.11.04.

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