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Corporal WILLIAM HENRY PARKES

Service Number: 21194
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Worcestershire Regiment

3rd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 11 April 1918

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LONGUENESSE (ST. OMER) SOUVENIR CEMETERY

V. A. 24.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Gertrude Parkes, of 17, Prospect Rd., Gornal Wood, Dudley.
  • Personal Inscription HE IS GONE THE ONE WE LOVED SO DEAR TO HIS ETERNAL REST
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Buried or commemorated at

LONGUENESSE (ST. OMER) SOUVENIR CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 3548
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