BORN GRANTHAM, LINCS 1875. SON OF JOHN PARKER AND SARAH BROWN.
MARRIED HULL, 10/02/1912. WIFE ANNIE SADLER, AND SIX CHILDREN. LIVED AT 12 VINE TERRACE, ALEXANDRA STREET AND 51, TADMAN STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). TIME SERVED RGA TERRITORIAL AND BOER WAR VETERAN, INCLUDING THE DEFENCE OF KIMBERLEY.
HE WORKED AS A LABOURER. 5 FOOT 10 INCHES TALL, 42 INCH CHEST, 167 LBS, BLUE EYES, BROWN HAIR. CHURCH OF ENGLAND RELIGION.
ENLISTED HULL, ON 05/09/1914. POSTED 3/10/1914. SERVED WITH 49TH COY, ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY, (WAR PENSION RECORDS). WOUNDED BY SPLINTER ON LEFT ELBOW. SUFFERED FROM EXPOSURE AND WET CONDITIONS. DISCHARGED WITH PNEUMONIA ON 25/06/1915. HE DIED OF CHROONIC BRONCHITIS, ON 05/10/1915, AGED 40. HE IS BURIED HULL WESTERN CEMETERY.
HE WAS LISTED AS KILLED ON HULL’S ALEXANDRA STREET SHRINE (HDM 23/10/1916).
