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Education & Career :
Educated at Colchester Royal Grammar School.
Solicitor, Colchester, Messrs. Sparling and Son, of Colchester and Brightlingsea. (1915)
Service Life:
Campaigns:
- The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.
| Unit / Ship / Est.: 8th (Reserve) Cyclist Battalion, The Essex Regiment |
| Action : No Data |
No Data has been recorded for the final action, because none has yet been found. If you have any information to offer, please contact the Project Team so we can add.
Arthur had been best man at the wedding of his friend, a Company Commander of the 8th Essex.
Detail :
Arthur was n lease when he contracted pneumonia and died on 19 February 1915.
His father officiated at the funeral.
Arthur is buried on the N.W. Corner of St. James' Churchyard, Runcton Holme, Norfolk. This being the case it is more than likely that he was a casualty who died of wounds or illness arising out of conflict.
Citations & Commemorations :
Commemorated on a plaque at St. Hilarys Church, Erbistock, Wrexham"IN LOVING MEMORY OF PHILIP WILLIAM SPARLING/ 6 FEBRUARY 1844 - 18 JUNE 1921/ RECTOR OF THIS PARISH 1884 - 1905/ RECTOR OF RUNCTON HOLME, NORFOLK 1905 - 1921/ AND OF HIS SONS/ ARTHUR EDWARD SPARLING/ LIEUTENANT 2/8TH BN ESSXE REGIMENT/ DIED ON SERVICE 19 FEBRUARY 1915/ WILFRED JOHN SPARLING/ PRIVATE 8TH BN. CANADIANS/ KILLED IN ACTION 13 JULY 1915/ PHILIP HAROLD SPARLING/ ACCIDENTALLY DROWNED AT WAIMARA, NZ/ 14TH MARCH 1916"
Commemorated on the Colchester War Memorial.
A Legal Obituary appears in The Law Times Volume 138
"Lieutenant ARTHUR EDWARD SPARLING, 8th (Reserve) Cyclist Battalion, Essex Regiment, died on the 19th ult. He was admitted in 1904, and was a member of the firm of Messrs. Sparling and Son, of Colchester and Brightlingsea.
Masonic :
| Type | Lodge Name and No. | Province/District : |
|---|---|---|
| Mother : | Angel No. 51 E.C. | Essex |
Initiated | Passed | Raised |
25th February 1913 | 22nd April 1913 | 27th May 1913 |
As no casualties appear from Angel Lodge in the Masonic Roll of Honour 1921 it can only be assumed that no return was sent in.
Source :
The project globally acknowledges the following as sources of information for research across the whole database:
- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- The (UK) National Archives
- Ancestry.co.uk - Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History online
- ugle.org.uk - The records of the United Grand Lodge of England including the Library and Museum of Freemasonry
Additional Source:
- Founder Researchers : Paul Masters & Mike McCarthy
- Researcher : Bruce Littley