Edwin Percy Spratt cMay 1891 - 1918

A musician and the child of Charles Spratt (a smack owner and fish salesman) and Susannah Thunder, Edwin Spratt, the first cousin twice-removed on the father's side of Nigel Horne, was born in Ramsgate, Kent, England c. May 1891 and baptised in Herne, Kent, England on May 24, 1891. He married Ethel Brandel (with whom he had 1 surviving child, Gordon Edwin Joseph) at Registry Office, Sevenoaks, Kent, England on Nov 20, 19124.

During his life, he was living at 44 Addington Street in Ramsgate on Mar 31, 19015 and on Apr 2, 19117; and at 2 The Parade, Riverhead in Sevenoaks in 1915.He served in the army from 1915 to 1918 in France (soldier Number: DM2/129650, Rank: Private, Corps: Army Service Corps).

He died on Nov 19, 1918 in France2,3 (pneumonia. Memorial details: www.iwm.org.uk) and was buried at Tourcoing Communal Cemetery after Nov 19, 1918.

Thanet Advertiser 30 Nov 1918

UK, WWI Service Medal and Award Rolls, 1914-1920

Edwin Percy Spratt - Military Record

1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census - GBC/1901/0007443349

1911 Census for England & Wales - GBC/1911/RG14/04516/0043/3

England & Wales births 1837-2006 - BMD/B/1891/2/AZ/000571/228

England & Wales marriages 1837-2008 - BMD/M/1912/4/AZ/000949/148

British Army Service Records 1914-1920 Transcription - GBM-WO363-4-7329419-8-122

Canterbury Baptisms Transcription - GBPRS-CANT-B-96129273

GRO WAR DEATHS ARMY OTHER RANKS (1914 to1921) Transcription - BMD-OVS-ARR1-003436-150

Medal Index Cards Transcription - GBM-MCI-4217018

Commonwealth War Graves Commission Debt Of Honour - GBM/CWGC/ROLLOFHONOUR/000906671

Lives of the First World War 1914-1918 - GBM/LIVES/4212971

England Births & Baptisms 1538-1975 - R_884935503

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