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Surname: PARROTT
Forename(s): William Edward
Place of Birth: Gargrave, Yorkshire
Service No: G/44798
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 1/7th Battalion
Division: 56th (1/1st London) Division
Age: ---
Date of Death: 1918-08-30
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: V. H. 24.
CWGC Cemetery: H.A.C. CEMETERY, ECOUST-ST. MEIN
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: GARGRAVE, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
William Edward Parrott was the son of Benjamin and Elizabeth Parrott, formerly Weatherill, née Hartas. Benjamin was born at Keighley and Elizabeth at Helmsley, Yorkshire. William's half-sister, Mary Elizabeth Weatherill, was the mother of Tom Hartas Gill (q.v.).
1891 Gargrave, Yorkshire Census: 30, River Place - William Ed. Parrott, aged 6 years, born Gargrave, son of Benjamin and Elizabeth Parrott.
1901 Gargrave, Yorkshire Census: 30, River Place - Edward Parrott, aged 16 years, born Gargrave, son of Benjamin and Sarah [sic] Parrott.
William was married to Sarah Elizabeth Langstroth in 1909. Sarah was the cousin of Private Edward Fawcett (34214) (q.v.), Private Robert Thompson (29461) (q.v.) and Private John William Ward (33984) (q.v.).
1911 Gargrave Census: 31, River Place - William Edward Parrott, aged 26 years, born Gargrave, husband of Sarah Elizabeth Parrott.
The British Army Service Record for William Edward Parrott exists but may be incomplete.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte William E. Parrott, 20886, Durh L.I.; 45184, Lond R.; G/44798, Middx R.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte William Edward Parrott, 20886, 1/7th Durh L.I.; 45184, 1/5th Lond R.; G/44798, 1/7th Middx.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte William Edward Parrott, G/44798, 1/7th Btn Middx Rgt. Date and Place of Death: 30.8.18. France. In action. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Widow - Sarah E. £13 3s. 1d.
A short biography of William is included in: ‘From Mills to Marching and Back Again – A History of Gargrave from 1900 to 1925’ by Sue Lyall and Donavon Slaven with contributions from George Ingle, Ray Jones and Martin Thompson (2019).
Photograph courtesy of Martin Thompson, Gargrave.
Data Source: Local War Memorial
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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---
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Private William Edward PARROTT
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regiment)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 56th (1/1st London) Division
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The family of Benjamin and Elizabeth Parrott, formerly Weatherill, née Hartas
Standing, left to right: Ben, Sarah, William Edward. Sitting, left to right: Benjamin, William Inman (semi-adopted son), Elizabeth
This and all images below are courtesy of Martin Thompson, Gargrave
Unknown location (c. 1903)
Standing, left to right: –, –, Joe Langstroth, –, William Edward Parrott, –. Sitting, Left to right: –, –
William Edward Parrott
William Edward Parrott
The wedding of William Edward Parrott and Sarah Elizabeth Langstroth, 10 April 1909
Standing, left to right: –, Mary Bradley, Elizabeth Parrott (wife of Ben), Sarah Parrott, Ben Parrott, John William Gill. Sitting: William Edward and Sarah Elizabeth Parrott
William Edward and Sarah Elizabeth Parrott
H.A.C. Cemetery, Ecoust-St. Mein
CWGC Headstone
Elizabeth Parrott, formerly Weatherill, née Hartas and her daughters
Frances Ann Weatherill (later Chatburn), Mary Elizabeth Weatherill (later Gill, the mother of Gunner Tom Hartas Gill (116714) q.v.), Sarah Parrott
Dvr Ben Parrott (L/266) Royal Field Artillery, brother of William Edward Parrott
Ben served overseas in the Great War
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29 August 1919
PARROTT – In loving memory of a dear husband, Private W. E. Parrott, of the 1/7th Middlesex Regiment, killed in action August 30th, 1918.
If I could have raised his dying head
And heard his last farewell,
The parting would have not been so hard
For those who loved him well.
Ever remembered by his loving wife, Ciss, Keighley.
PARROTT – In loving memory of a dear brother, Private W. E. Parrott, of the 1/7th Middlesex Regiment, killed in action August 30th, 1918.
On a far-off battlefield,
With no stone to mark the place,
Lies a loving brother
In a cold and unknown grave.
From his Brother and sister-in-law, Jack and Fan, Keighley.
PARROTT – In loving memory of a dear son, Private W. E. Parrott, of the 1/7th Middlesex Regiment, killed in action August 30th, 1918.
Sleep on, dear son in a far-off land,
In a grave we may never see;
But as long as life and memory last
We will remember thee.
From his Mother and Father-in-law, Burnley.
27 August 1920
PARROTT – In loving memory of our dear brother-in-law, Private William Edward Parrott, 1/7th Middlesex Regiment, late of Gargrave, killed in action August 30th, 1918.
May the heavenly winds blow softly
O’er that sweet and hallowed spot;
Though the sea divides his grave from us
He will never be forgot.
From Sam and Jack.
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