Family Grave/Memorial
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IN LOVING MEMORY OF
HILDA
BELOVED WIFE OF COM. C. BUCKLAND R.N.
WHO DIED MARCH 23RD 1929 AGED 33
ALSO CAPT. W.G.M.SPARROW (GORDON)
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE REGT. ATTD. K.A. RIFLES
KILLED IN F. AFRICA. JULY 8TH 1917 AGED 24
ONLY BELOVED CHILDREN OF LT. COL. AND MRS. SPARROW.
HILDA
BELOVED WIFE OF COM. C. BUCKLAND R.N.
WHO DIED MARCH 23RD 1929 AGED 33
ALSO CAPT. W.G.M.SPARROW (GORDON)
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE REGT. ATTD. K.A. RIFLES
KILLED IN F. AFRICA. JULY 8TH 1917 AGED 24
ONLY BELOVED CHILDREN OF LT. COL. AND MRS. SPARROW.
Further Information
Captain William Gordon Morgan Sparrow was attached to the King's African Rifles when he was killed in action. He was the only son of Lt. Col. W. G. Sparrow, O.B.E. (Royal Marines) and Mrs. W. G. Sparrow, of 13, Craneswater Avenue, Southsea, England. He is buried at Iringa Cemetery, Tanzania which is on the top of a mountain, 505 kilometres west of Dar-Es-Salaam. The CWGC list him as casualty No. 124689.
