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Major LESLIE GERARD PARKINSON

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Gloucestershire Regiment

1st/4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 April 1917

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

STE. EMILIE VALLEY CEMETERY, VILLERS-FAUCON

IV. C. 20.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Cross
  • Additional Info Son of H. C. and K. L. Parkinson, of Bristol; husband of Isabel S. Parkinson, of 20, Royal York Crescent, Clifton, Bristol.
  • Personal Inscription THE GREATEST OF THESE IS LOVE
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Buried or commemorated at

STE. EMILIE VALLEY CEMETERY, VILLERS-FAUCON
Somme France
Number of casualties: 523
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