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Private JOSEPH PARKES

Service Number: 19230
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

9th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 07 November 1916

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY

VIII. F. 14.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Charles Harry and Isadora Parkes.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN HE LAID DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
FOR EVERMORE: STORIES OF THE FALLEN
FOR EVERMORE: STORIES OF THE FALLEN

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Buried or commemorated at

BANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 2480
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