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Second Lieutenant JACKSON WEBSTER PARR

Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

2nd/4th

Date of Death

Died 29 March 1918

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GEZAINCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

I. H. 24.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Cross
  • Additional Info Son of Richard and Mary Ann Parr, of "Mount Pleasant," Blacker Rd., Staincross, Barnsley, Yorks.
  • Personal Inscription "HE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE". IN EVER LOVING MEMORY OF OUR HEROIC SON & BROTHER.
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Buried or commemorated at

GEZAINCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 678
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