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FRED PARKINSON
BORN HULL 1888. SON OF WILLIAM & NANCY (FANNY) PARKINSON, OF WESTBOURNE GROVE, HESSLE. BROTHER OF ALFRED ERNEST, AMY & FLORENCE.
HE ENLISTED AT BEVERLEY, SERVED AS LANCE CORPORAL, WITH THE 5TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 26/10/1917 AGED 31.
HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE ANLABY WW1 MEMORIAL, ST PETER'S CHURCHYARD, WILSON STREET, ANLABY AND ALSO REMEMBERED ON THE FAMILY GARVE AT HULL SPRING BANK CMETERY.
| Name | Fred Parkinson |
|---|---|
| Birth Place | Hull, 1888 |
| Death Date | 26 Oct 1917 |
| Death Place | Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium |
| Enlistment Place | Beverley, Yorkshire |
| Rank | Lance Corporal |
| Regiment | Northumberland Fusiliers |
| Battalion | 1st 5th Battalion (Territorial) |
| Regimental Number | 242363 |
| Type of Casualty | Died |
| Theatre of War | Western European Theatre |
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