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Pte. Harold Edgar Parnaby
British Army 6th Btn. King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
from:Robin Hood's Bay
(d.15th September 1916)
Harold Edgar Parnaby was born 1880 at Sherburn in Elmet, North Yorkshire (former North Riding). His father, who later became Stationmaster (1894 – 1922) at Robin Hood's Bay, was Joseph Edgar Parnaby and his mother was Emily Parnaby (nee Clark). Harold worked on the railway and was a signalman. He enlisted at Doncaster and his rank was private when he was killed in action on 15th September 1916. Harold is commemorated in the Guards Cemetery at Lesbouefs, he was 36. His name appears on both the Sherburn in Elmet and Robin Hood's Bay war memorials.