CHARLES NEWMAN SPARROW
From May through to September 2026, Andrew will be fulfilling his dream to hike the iconic Land’s End to John O’Groats! You are all warmly invited to follow Andrew’s epic journey on his Facebook page, “Andrew Beal LEJOG” https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61577588795730
As Andrew hikes the 1,300+ miles, he will raise funds for the Ipswich War Memorial Project to help finance our future exhibitions and research of the brave Ipswich men and women who lost their lives in conflict. If you would like to make a small donation, please click on the link: https://gofund.me/5d4a50570
Thank you for your love and support. Andrew & Helen – I.W.M.P.
Born: 16th September 1884, Ipswich.
Died: 8th August 1917; age 32; Died of Wounds at Etaples.
Residence: 66, Lacey Street, Ipswich.
Occupation: Lithographic Artists.
Enlistment Details: Location: Ipswich; Date: 17th October 1915.
Date of Entry Therein: 22nd June 1917 – France.
Rank: Private; Service Number: 207071
Regiment: Queen’s (Royal West Surrey), 11th Battalion.
Formerly 265434, Suffolk Regiment.
Grave Reference:
XXII.O.4A.
Pas de Calais,
France.
Relatives Notified & Address: Son of William & Emma Sparrow, of Ipswich; husband of Marion Annie Sparrow, of 55, Electric Avenue, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex.
CENSUS
1891 1, Bourne Villas, Lacey Street, Ipswich.
Charles was 6 years old and living with his parents & siblings.
William Newman Sparrow, 35, a Hardwareman’s Manager, born Ipswich.
Emma Sparrow (nee Bumstead), 35, born Ipswich.
William Frederick Sparrow, 7, born Ipswich.
Louise Maud Sparrow, 2, born Ipswich.
1901 66, Lacey Street, Ipswich.
Charles was 16 years old, a Litho Artist – Apprentice. He was living with his parents, siblings & cousin.
William, 44, a Shopman – Hardware.
Emma, 44.
William, 17, a Tailor’s Appentice.
Louise, 12.
George Sparrow, 3, born Ipswich.
Harriet Alice M. Cook, 9, born Ipswich.
1911 254, Eccleshall Road, Eccleshall, Yorkshire-West Riding.
Charles was 26 years old, a Lithographer. He was 1 of 4 boarders at the Boarding House of 68 year old, John Wood.
On the 3rd June 1916, Ipswich, Charles married Marion Annie Castle, born September 1888, Merton, Surrey. A School Teacher.
Probate to Frank Sidney Mills – a woollen merchant’s buyer. In 1918, Ipswich, Frank married Charles’s sister Louise Maud Sparrow.
Soldiers’ Effects to Frank S. Mills.
Charles is also remembered on Northgate High School Memorial. Formerly Ipswich Grammar School for Boys.
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