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Private GEORGE THOMAS PARKES

Service Number: 4917974
Regiment & Unit/Ship

South Staffordshire Regiment

2nd (Airborne) Bn.

Date of Death

Died 19 September 1944

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ARNHEM OOSTERBEEK WAR CEMETERY

19. C. 20.

Netherlands

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Charles and Emily Parkes, of Aston, Birmingham.
  • Personal Inscription FOR KING & COUNTRY HE GAVE THE GREATEST GIFT OF ALL, HIS UNFINISHED LIFE. MOM, DAD & ALL
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Buried or commemorated at

ARNHEM OOSTERBEEK WAR CEMETERY
Gelderland Netherlands
Number of casualties: 1772
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