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World War 1 One ww1 wwII greatwar great 1914 1918 first battalion regiment
Cpl. Charles T Parkin
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Whickham
Charles Parkin was wounded in 1916
Pte. J. Parkin
British Army 22nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
Pte. J. Parkin
British Army 22nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
L/Cpl. James Skelton Parkin
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Pte John Maile Parkin
British Army 7th Btn Lincolnshire Regiment
from:Lincoln
(d.2nd Mar 1916)
Pte S Parkin
British Army 19th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers
(d.31st Mar 1918)
Parkin, S. Private, 40912, Killed in action on 31st March 1918.
Buried in the Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension No.1, Somme in grave VI. G. 43.
From the 19th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers Roll of Honour.
Pte Thomas William Parkin
British Army 19th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers
from:6, St. Ives Rd., Leadgate, Co. Durham
(d.1st June 1918)
Parkin, Thomas, William. Private, 19/863, Died on 1st June 1918. Aged 31 years. Killed in action or died of wounds on or shortly after Aveluy Woods. Member of "Z" Coy.
Buried in the Martinsart British Cemetery Somme, in grave I. B. 57.
Son of John and Marie Parkin; husband of Mrs. M. A. Parkin, of 6, St. Ives Rd., Leadgate, Co. Durham.
From the 19th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers Roll of Honour.
Pte. Thomas Parkin
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
Sjt. Alfred Parkins
British Army Lancashire Fusiliers
from:Denton, Manchester
My father served in the First World War 1914 to 1918 and I think his regiment was the Lancashire Fusiliers. His rank was sergent.
Cpl Edmund Lloyd Parkins
British Army 10th Battalion Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment
from:Whitened Street, Peterborough, Northants,
(d.27th Jul 1916)
Pte. Robert Henry Parkins
British Army 7th Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment
from:Whitsed Street, Peterborough
(d.17th Apr 1917)
Pte. Albert Henry Parkinson
Australian Imperial Force 36th Btn.
(d.7th June 1917)
Albert Parkinson was my great uncle. He was 38 years old when he died and he left a wife and children. His name is on the Menin Gate in Ypres. I have been there to see his name under the 36th Btn. His body was not found.
Pte. Albert Parkinson
British Army 1/6th Btn. West Yorkshire Regiment
from:Bradford
(d.1st July 1916)
Pte. Edgar Parkinson
British Army 1/5th Btn. South Lancashire Regiment
from:St. Helens
Cpl. Edward Parkinson
British Army 13th Battalion Essex Regiment
from:Causeway Head Farm, Bacup
Pte. J. "Tomle" Parkinson DSO
British Army 1st Btn. B Company Gordon Highlanders
from:Manchester
Private J. Parkinson, B Coy., Gordon Highlanders, who was invalided home wounded in the thigh, gave this letter to Mr. W. G. Temple of West View, Bedlington, before recovering and returning to the war:- "We formed part of the 3rd Division of the Expeditionary Forces and landed at Boulogne on the 13th August, 1914. We marched up country to St. Quentin and took the train from there. We spent a week billeting at farms in the mining districts of Hyons Cypoli. At Hyons Cypoli we stopped four hours. The miners brought us wine and various other luxuries. At 6 o'clock on the 21st August we marched into Mons and our company was billeted at a large house supposed to have been vacated by a German.
While there we saw a German aeroplane pass over and we heard our troops on the left flank open fire upon it. As soon as the firing ceased we went to bed, but were called to arms at 2.30 a.m. We went right out for one mile along the main road to the right of Mons and started to entrench there, leaving the Middlesex and the Royal Irish in reserve. We got no breakfast and the cookers commenced to prepare dinner - in fact very few of us had watches, and we had lost account of time altogether. The Royal Irish were having dinner in an orchard close at hand.
There was a wood situated about 1,400 yards in front of our position, and the Germans opened fire out of the wood with their machine guns and artillery. A Lance-corporal, two privates and myself were sent out as a picket or scouting party. We were out about 15 minutes and had got about half-a-mile in front and were talking to some civilians when the Germans opened fire upon us. We turned round and doubled back to the trenches after seeing Germans moving in column out of the wood. As soon as our report was given we opened rapid fire. Long before this we had heard the heavy guns playing on Mons. We hung on in the trenches and kept on firing until 12 a.m. At 6 p.m. Major Simpson and a private went down to the village to seek more ammunition, but a shell burst very near and struck both of them. They were taken to hospital and a short while after we heard the hospital had been blown up.
The enemy, who completely outnumbered us, were pressing us hard, but we hung on until 12.30. We had almost given up and thought we were cut off when the word came to retire. We retired along the main road and the rest of the battalion retired until 4 a.m.
We lay in a field for two hours, but the German artillery got upon us. Some made trenches but had to leave them. Behind Hyons Cypoli we made more trenches, and our artillery (18 pounders) took up position behind us. The German artillery took up a position behind a pit heap, but were silenced in half-an-hour. We entrenched for one hour in a railway cutting, but were forced to retire along it, owing to the shells bursting around us. We kept on retiring all the day and the next day (Tuesday.)
Our company was billeted in a village. The majority of us had a good sleep in the barns. We were called out the next morning, and we went into the trenches in a cornfield a little to the left of the village. There was a railway in front of us and a wood and turnip field on the right.
The transporters and the cookers were left in the village to look after the dinner. Dinner was almost ready for serving when a shell burst in the midst and did a great deal of damage. We held on until 4.30, when the Major, who was wounded, ordered us to retire. The rest of the battalion were trapped. We retired and fought our way to Senlis. Captain Marshall, bayoneted in the back, was captured and imprisoned in a house. The house was either shelled or fired, but Captain Marshall escaped and managed to get back to the British lines. This gallant officer is now in command of the 175 survivors out of 1,100. The R.A.M.C attempted bravely to do their work, but were seldom able to get near the wounded. They were instantly fired upon by the Germans; in fact, I don't think a single medical officer attached to the brigade survived. At Senlis, we, the wounded and unfit, thought we were going to Paris, but were sent to Havre. We were sent in the St. Andrew to Southampton and from there by hospital train to Waterloo Station. We were then taken by motors to St. Thomas' Hospital, where we received the best of treatment.
Gnr. John William Parkinson
British Army 110th Brigade, A Battery Royal Field Artillery
from:Clowne
(d.28th November 1917)
Billy Parkinson served with A Battery, 110th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery.
Spr. Peter Parkinson
British Army Royal Engineers
from:Wigan
Pte. Thomas Parkinson
British Army 12th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
from:Liverpool
(d.15th June 1917)
My great uncle, Thomas Parkinson, is remembered on the Menin Gate. He died at the age of 25. He served in the Cyclists Battalion and the Lancashire Regiment before being transferred, like so many, to fill the gaps in the DLI.
Pte. Walter Parkinson
British Army 10th Btn. Yorkshire Regiment (Green Howards)
from:Hull
(d.3rd October 1917)
No story for Private Walter Parkinson other than a commemorative poppy purchased came with a card commemorating this soldier's life. I know his name is at The Tyne Cot Memorial and Cemetery
Trpr. F. J. Parks
British Army 9th Btn. Queen's Royal Lancers
from:Brighton, Sussex
(d.31st August 1915)
Trooper Parks died, aged 20, on 31st August 1915 at No 16 Stationary Hospital, Le Treport, France. He was the son of Isaac and Mary Parks of Brighton. He is buried in Plot 1, Row H, Grave 6A at Le Treport Military Cemetery, France.
Pte Joseph Parks
British Army 15th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
from:Trimdon
(d.24th Jan 1916)
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.
Pte Charles Sidney Parnell
British Army 7th Btn Norfolk Regiment
from:Norwich, Norfolk
(d.12th October 1916)
Pte. Henry Parnell
British Army 3rd Battalion Worcestershire Regiment
from:Coleshill
(d.18th October 1918)
Henry Parnell was born in 1882 in Withybrook, Warwickshire. He was the 9th of 10 children born to William Parnell and Elizabeth Herbert. Before the outbreak of war he married Elizabeth Steane in Coventry in 1912 and they had a daughter, Doris May, on 16th of April 1913. On the 6th of September 1914 their son Harry Victor was born and another boy Frederick was born in 1916. Unfortunately he died at 20 months of age.
The Coventry Evening Telegraph reported on the 6th of November 1918
Mrs H. Parnell, of 14 Station Street West, Coventry, has received notification of the death of her husband, Private Henry Parnell, of the Worcestershire Regt., who was killed in France on October 18th by a sniper, while on patrol after an enemy position. He was 35 years of age, and formerly worked at Messrs Courtauld's. Deceased leaves a widow and 2 children. In conveying the sad news his platoon officer writes: He was liked by everyone in the platoon, myself included, and it was just for the reason he was so reliable and volunteered for this patrol that he was sent. I deeply sympathise with you on behalf of everyone in the platoon, amongst whom he was a favourite.
Henry is buried in Romeries Communal Cemetery Extension.
Sgt. James Arthur Parnell MM.
British Army East Yorkshire Regiment
My grandfather, James Parnell, served with the East Yorkshire Regiment in France in WW1, enlisting in 1914 at the age of 15 having lied about his age. Wounded and awarded the MM, he was discharged with the West Yorkshire Regiment because, I believe, so few of the East Yorks survived. He was a Sgt by age 16, though it would appear he was discharged in the rank of Private, so he may have held acting rank.
I have two documents that might be of interest: one from the Oxford Archive, the invitation by the Lord Mayor of Hull for his award of the MM in April 1919, the second, the Army citation that went with his award. There are two family stories about how he won the MM. The one I believe most likely is that he picked up a German grenade and threw it from his trench, sustaining damage to his right hand with the loss of part of his thumb, his index finger and part of his middle finger and a large burn to his forehead, all clearly visible throughout his life. The second story was that he escaped from capture with his CO by killing the German guard by thrusting his head down on his own bayonet. Of course, as with many of his comrades in arms, he never spoke of his days in the Army, honorable though they were and actively tried (unsuccessfully) to persuade me not to join the Royal Air Force. Needless to say, we are deeply proud of my grandfather's war record.
Sgt. Samuel Parnham MM
British Army Sherwood Forresters
from:Brimington, Derbyshire
Thomas Parnham
British Army 10th Btn. Sherwood Foresters
from:Nottingham
(d.6th August 1916)
Pte. Thomas Parnham
British Army 10th Service Btn. Sherwood Foresters
from:Carlton, Nottingham
(d.6th August 1916)
Pte. Albert "Sparrow" Parr
British Army 1st Btn. Manchester Regiment
(d.30th Jul 1916)
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