BORN HULL 1886. SON OF THOMAS JOHN EAST PARKINSON (1851-1926) & CHARLOTTE ELIZABETH PARKINSON (1854-1940), OF 5, TICHBOURNE TERRACE, BEAN STREET, HULL AND 58, WALKER STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). SON OF A GROCER WAREHOUSEMAN. HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. A SINGLE MAN. HE WORKED AS A RAILWAY CLERK AND LIVED AT, 58, WALKER STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 12TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. DIED ON 30/07/1916, AGED 30. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS MEMORIAL, FRANCE. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER CHARLOTTE. HIS MEDALS WERE UNCLAIMED AND DISPOSED OF 21ST NOVEMBER 1921.
HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE WW1 MEMORIAL AT HULL’S ST MATHEWS CHURCH, BOULEVARD.
First name:
CHARLES EDWARD
Military Number:
32/523
Rank:
Private
Date Died
30/07/1916
Place died:
Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
30
