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Private ROBERT HARRY PARKINSON

Service Number: 1659
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

1st/6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 21 July 1916

Age 17 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BLIGHTY VALLEY CEMETERY, AUTHUILLE WOOD

I. B. 15.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mrs. Lucy Parkinson, of 19, Hallfield Rd., Manningham Lane, Bradford, Yorks. Native of Dewsbury, Yorks.
  • Personal Inscription TOO DEARLY LOVED TO BE FORGOTTEN MOTHER
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Buried or commemorated at

BLIGHTY VALLEY CEMETERY, AUTHUILLE WOOD
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1026
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