BORN HULL 1892. SON OF WILLIAM CHARLES PARKER (1856-1934) & MARY ANN ANDREWS (1856-1911), OF 5 BARNSLEY STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 67 SHERBURN STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD BROTHERS, AMBROSE AND FRED AND SEVEN SISTERS. THE FAMILY LIVED AT NOS 5, 178 AND 67 BARNSLEY STREET, HULL. A FORMER RAILWAY CLERK. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 8.5 INCHES TALL, 33.5 INCH CHEST. 134 LBS WEIGHT. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 24/11/1915. SERVED WITH “D” COMPANY, THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 26/08/1917. PROMOTED CORPORAL. SHOT IN THE SCULL. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 22/11/1917, AGED 25, AT THE 3RD AUSTRALIAN HOSPITAL, ABBERVILLE, FRANCE. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER WILLIAM. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 14/11/1919.
HIS PERSONAL EFFECTS INCLUDED AN AIR PILLOW, WHISTLE, CIGARETTE CASE, HEATHER, NOTEBOOK, COIN, PHOTO CASE, CAP BADGE AND MIRROR.
