He was blown up in a bomb explosion in WWI
Births Jun Quarter 1884 Springate John Edgar District St. Saviour Vol 1d Page 183. Death Soldiers Died in the Great War," database,(http://www.findmypast.com : 2006), John Edgar Springate; Naval and Military Press Ltd.
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