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Lieutenant Colonel ROBERT GRANVILLE PARKS-SMITH

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Marines

H.M.S. President.

Date of Death

Died 20 August 1942

Age 33 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SOUTH NEWINGTON (ST. PETER AD VINCULA) CHURCHYARD

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of Ernest Granville Parks-Smith and Elizabeth Parks-Smith; husband of Aline Hume Parks-Smith. of Walmer, Kent.
  • Personal Inscription "ON, STRAIGHT ON" TOWARDS A BETTER WORLD
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Buried or commemorated at

SOUTH NEWINGTON (ST. PETER AD VINCULA) CHURCHYARD
Oxfordshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 3
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