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 18911,2, was baptised in Herne, Kent, England on 24 May 1891. He married Ethel Brandel (with whom he had 1 surviving child, Gordon Edwin Joseph) at Registry Office, Sevenoaks, Kent, England on 20 Nov 19124.

During his life, he was living at 44 Addington Street, Ramsgate on 31 Mar 19015 and on 2 Apr 19117 and at 2 The Parade, Riverhead, Sevenoaks in 1915.

He died on 19 Nov 1918 in France2,3 (pneumonia. Memorial details: www.iwm.org.uk) and is buried at Tourcoing Communal Cemetery, Tourcoing, Hauts-de-France, France. He served in the military in France from 1915 to 1918 (soldier Number: DM2/129650, Rank: Private, Corps: Army Service Corps).

Citations

1. England & Wales births 1837-2006 - Findmypast
2. Lives Of The First World War 1914-1918 - Findmypast
3. Commonwealth War Graves Commission Debt Of Honour - Findmypast
4. England & Wales Marriages 1837-2005 - Findmypast
5. 1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census - Findmypast
6. 1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census - Findmypast (was age 9 and the son of the head of the household)
7. 1911 Census for England & Wales - Findmypast (was age 19 and the son of the head of the household)

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Burial place (Tourcoing, Hauts-de-France, France) has no citations

Residence record for 1915 contains no citation

Listed in the residence for 1915, but spouse Ethel Brandel is not