BORN HULL 23/03/1888. SON OF HARRY (1855-1937) & CATHERINE (KATE) PARKER, OF 8, WHITFIELD TERRACE, BEAN STREET, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS). EMPLOYED AT THE BRITISH OIL AND CAKE MILLS, WINCOLMLEE, HULL. ONE OF EIGHT SONS SERVING. ONE MISSING AND ANOTHER WOUNDED. EMPLOYED AS A BRICKLAYER’S LABOURER, FOR LOWS CHEMICAL WORKS, REDDISH, NEAR STOCKPORT FOR SIX WEEKS WHEN WAR BEGAN..
RICHARD EDWIN PARKER, ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 01/01/1917. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 7.5 INCHES TALL, 36 INCHEST CHEST SIZE, 51 LBS WEIGHT, ROMAN CATHOLIC. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 29/10/1917. SERVED IN THE 16TH CHESHIRE REGIMENT. HE DIED ON HIS 30TH BIRTHDAY, ON 23/03/1918.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 06/06/1918. *
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, WHO MOVED TO 43, WAVERLEY STREET, HULL (PENSION ADDRESS).
HIS BROTHER, PRIVATE, WALTER PARKER, 3/5568, EYR, WAS KILLED THE NEXT DAY ON 24/3/1918.
