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Private SAMUEL PARKES

Service Number: 24136
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Lancashire Fusiliers

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 12 June 1916

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

AUCHONVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY

II. B. 21.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Elizabeth and the late Arthur Parkes, of Waterfall Lane, Old Hill, Staffs.
  • Personal Inscription HE LAID HIS RICHEST GIFT ON THE ALTAR OF DUTY HIS LIFE REST IN PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

AUCHONVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 528
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