BORN HULL 1881. SON OF ARTHUR PARKS (1857-1918) & ANN BUCKLEY (1850-1938), OF GRIMSBY. A REGULAR ARMY SOLDIER WITH 1ST LINCS BN – 1911 CENSUS. HE ENLISTED IN GRIMSBY. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 06/09/1914. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 27/10/1914, AGED 33. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS UNMARRIED WIFE, GRACE HALLIWELL, AT 1 LIVERSAGE STREET, DERBY.
HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE LE TOURET MEMORIAL, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE.
HIS BROTHER, WILLIAM PARKS, ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE, WAS LOST ON THE TRAWLER, “JOHN HIGH”, ON 07/08/1916, AGED 38.
First name:
ARTHUR
Military Number:
5996
Rank:
Private
Date Died
27/10/1914
Place died:
LE TOURET MEMORIAL, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE
Age:
33
