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Private JOHN PARR

Service Number: L/14196
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Middlesex Regiment

4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 21 August 1914

Age 17 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ST. SYMPHORIEN MILITARY CEMETERY

I. A. 10.

Belgium

Headstone

Photographer: Bill Caudwell

  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Edward Thomas and Alice Rosina Parr, of 52, Lodge Lane, North Finchley, Middlesex. Believed to be the first British battle casualty of the war.
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