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Private RICHARD HENRY PARKES

Service Number: 38407
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Army Medical Corps

54th Field Amb.

Date of Death

Died 22 August 1918

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FRANVILLERS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

II. C. 21.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info (Served as RICHARDS). Son of Samuel and Jane Parkes, of 12, Norman Villas, Deepfields, Bilston, Staffs.
  • Personal Inscription ABIDE WITH ME
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Buried or commemorated at

FRANVILLERS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 253
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