Walter PARKER

Main CPGW Record

Surname: PARKER

Forename(s): Walter

Place of Birth: Kelbrook, Yorkshire

Service No: 235426

Rank: Private

Regiment / Corps / Service: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)

Battalion / Unit: 2/4th Battalion

Division: 62nd (2/West Riding) Division

Age: ---

Date of Death: 1918-06-19

Awards: ---

CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: IV. K. 25.

CWGC Cemetery: GOMMECOURT BRITISH CEMETERY NO.2, HEBUTERNE

CWGC Memorial: ---

Non-CWGC Burial: ---

Local War Memorial: EARBY, YORKSHIRE

Local War Memorial: KELBROOK, YORKSHIRE

Additional Information:

Walter Parker was the son of Daniel and Martha Parker, née Shuttleworth and brother of Gunner Edgar Parker (127193) (q.v.). Both of their parents were born at Kelbrook, Yorkshire. Walter and Edgar were cousins of Private Carl Randolph Watson (460085) (q.v.).

1901 Kelbrook, Yorkshire Census: Vicarage Road - Walter Parker, aged 9 years, born Kelbrook, son of Daniel Parker, widower.

1911 Kelbrook, Yorkshire Census: Main Street - Walter Parker, aged 19 years, born Kelbrook, son of Daniel Parker, widower.

When Walter's brother, John, was discharged from the Army in 1917 his home address was given as Stoops Farm, Kelbrook.

British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Walter Parker, 235426, West Riding Regiment.

See also:
‘Earby in the First World War’ by Stephanie Carter, published by Earby & District Local History Society (2014).
‘Our Finest Crop’ by Steven Marshall, published by Earby & District Local History Society (2020).

Data Source: Local War Memorial

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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---

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