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George Sparkes
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Posted on April 1, 2025 at 09:37:10 by Peter Swensson

The musicians left to right.

Roger Ratcliff, Bob Shelton, Derek Broadbent, George Sparkes, Peter Swensson, Peter Corbishley.

Sad News. Stephanie has asked me to announce the passing of her dear dad George Sparkes. He passed away a week last Thursday 20th March. George or Sparkey as he was known was a member of the 1st Battalion Band in Cyprus.

He joined the band in 1958 playing French horn. We lost contact with him after he was de-mobbed and it was a telephone call out of the blue from his daughter Stephanie in mid 2023 that we were in touch again.

Sparkey had a lot of health issues during the last few years and had both his legs amputated.

We arranged a band reunion November 2023 so Sparkey could meet up with us again and Stephanie and her partner made a round trip from Devon in a day to come up to the museum to join us. It was so lovely to see him again and we had a wonderful catch-up.

The funeral is to take place at Torquay Crematorium, Monday 14th April at 3.30 pm

Torquay Cemetery & Crematorium.
Hele Road
Torquay
Devon
TQ27QG

There will be a wake at Paignton Vista,
TQ4 6AZ after for nibbles and a cheers to lovely George.

The service will be streamed and I�ll let you have the link when arranged.

Stephanie has requested the Funeral Regalia and I�ve given her Dave�s contact details.

Peter

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Re(1): George Sparkes - By David Platt, Welfare & Liaison Officer, XX the Lan April 2, 2025 at 09:46:24

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