BORN HULL 1897. YOUNGEST SON OF PETER & LAURA PARTINGTON, OF “ASHLEY VIEW”, MARFLEET LANE, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE WAS A SHIP’S BUTCHER & WORKED WITH HIS FATHER WHO WAS ALSO A BUTCHER. THIS WAS HIS ARMY RECORD’S ADDRESS. HE SERVED WITH “A” COMPANY, IN THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. WAS KILLED IN ACTION ON 13/05/1917, AGED 20. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH, IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 1ST JUNE 1917. *
HE IS COMMEMORATED ONTHE ARRAS MEMORIAL, FRANCE.
HIS PARENTS WROTE A MEMORIAM TO HIM IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 13/05/1918, ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF HIS DEATH.
HIS BROTHER, PRIVATE, THOMAS PARTINGTON, 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT WAS KILLED ON 31/03/18, AGED 36, AND IS BURIED AT BOUZINCOURT RIDGE CEMETERY, ALBERT, SOMME, FRANCE. BOTH BROTHERS ARE REMEMBERED ON THE MARFLEET ROLL OF HONOUR, HULL.
