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Lance Corporal JOSEPH HAROLD PARKIN

Service Number: 6/4237
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Durham Light Infantry

1st/6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 04 October 1916

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BECOURT MILITARY CEMETERY, BECORDEL-BECOURT

I. X. 11.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James Hodgson Parkin and Emily Marion Parkin, of Wycliffe House, 69, High Hope St., Crook, Co. Durham.
  • Personal Inscription UNTIL THE DAY BREAK AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY GOOD NIGHT DEAR SON
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Buried or commemorated at

BECOURT MILITARY CEMETERY, BECORDEL-BECOURT
Somme France
Number of casualties: 713
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