BORN HULL 1896. ELDEST SON OF ARTHUR PARISH (1871-1910) AND PHOEBE PARISH (1875-1932), AT 39 RAYWELL STREET, HULL. SON OF A COAL DEALER. ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN. A FORMER ERRAND BOY. HE WAS EMPLOYED AT THE HULL FORGE, BEFORE THE WAR, WHERE HE WAS WELL RESPECTED AND HAD A LARGE CIRCLE OF FRIENDS.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WTH THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED AT ARRAS, ON 23/04/1917, AGED 21. HE HAD BEEN IN FRANCE FOR 20 MONTHS. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOWED MOTHER, PHOEBE.
HIS BROTHER, PTE, WILLIAM HENRY PARISH, ASC, WAS KILLED IN ACTION ON 02/12/1917, AGED 20. HE LEFT SISTERS, AMY ALICE, ELLEN AND BROTHERS THOMAS AND FREDERICK AT THIS ADDRESS. (1911 CENSUS).
First name:
ARTHUR
Regiment:
Military Number:
11277
Rank:
Private
Date Died
23/04/1917
Place died:
Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
21
