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Surname: PARKER
Forename(s): James
Place of Birth: Settle, Yorkshire
Service No: 32179
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Border Regiment
Battalion / Unit: 'B' Coy 9th (Service) Battalion. (Pioneers)
Division: 22nd Division
Age: 32
Date of Death: 1918-07-06
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: 1442.
CWGC Cemetery: SALONIKA (LEMBET ROAD) MILITARY CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: SETTLE, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
James Parker was the son of Joseph and Elizabeth Marsden Parker, formerly Cowburn, née Ayrton. James was born at Giggleswick and Elizabeth at Settle, Yorkshire.
1891 Settle, Yorkshire Census: Lodge - James Parker, aged 5 years, born Settle, son of Joseph and Elizabeth M. Parker.
1901 Settle, Yorkshire Census: The Lodge - James Parker, aged 15 years, born Settle, son of Joseph and Elizabeth Parker.
James was married to Hannah Elizabeth Haining in 1909.
1911 Dalehead, Yorkshire Census: Fair Hill - James Parker, aged 24 years, born Settle, Yorkshire, husband of Hannah Elizabeth Parker. [Private John Carr (26558) (q.v.) and Private William Carr (242841) (q.v.) previously lived at Fair Hill.]
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte James Parker, 993, Northumberland Fusiliers & 32179, Border Regiment.
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
PARKER, James, aged 32, Duke Street, [Settle], died Solonica July 5, 1918.
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Private James PARKER
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Border Regiment
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 22nd Division
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19 July 1918
PARKER – July 8th, at Salonica, aged 32 years, Private James Parker, of Duke Street, Settle, youngest son of the late Joseph and E. M. Parker, of The Lodge Farm, Settle.
26 July 1918
SETTLE – Settle Soldier Dies for His Country
We regret to announce the death of Private James Parker, of the Border Regiment, which took place in hospital in Salonica on July 6th last at the age of 32. Deceased was the youngest son of the late Joseph and E. M. Parker, of the Lodge Farm, Settle, and his wife and two children live in Duke Street, Settle. For them much sympathy is expressed. After his father’s death, deceased was with Messrs. Dugdale and Chapman, of Cleatop Farm, Settle, for some time to gain experience in farming, and subsequently was the tenant of Farnhill [Fairhill] Farm, Dalehead. In consequence of ill health he had to relinquish farming and took up an insurance agency in Settle. He joined up under the Derby Scheme, and was eventually drafted to Salonica where he contracted dysentery from which he eventually succumbed.
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26 July 1918
PARKER – Died in hospital at Salonica July 6th, Pte. James Parker, of the Border Regiment, husband of Mrs. Parker, of Duke Street, Settle, aged 32.
26 July 1918
CRAVEN AND THE WAR
Settle Soldier’s Death
We regret to announce the death of Pte. James Parker, of the Border Regiment, which took place in hospital in Salonica on July 6th last at the age of 32. Deceased was the youngest son of the late Joseph and E.M. Parker, of The Lodge Farm, Settle, and his wife and two children live in Duke Street, Settle, for whom much sympathy is expressed. After his father’s death deceased was with Messrs. Dugdale and Chapman, of Cleatop Farm, Settle, for some time, to gain experience in farming, and subsequently was the tenant of Fairhill Farm, Dalehead. In consequence of ill-health he had to relinquish farming, and took up an insurance agency in Settle. He joined up under the Derby Scheme, and was eventually drafted to Salonica, where he contracted dysentry, and from which he eventually succumbed.
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