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Surname: PARKIN
Forename(s): William Edward
Place of Birth: Hoyland Common, Yorkshire
Service No: 147721
Rank: Sapper
Regiment / Corps / Service: Royal Engineers
Battalion / Unit: 253rd Tunnelling Coy
Division: ---
Age: ---
Date of Death: 1916-03-13
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: N. 9.
CWGC Cemetery: SAILLY-LABOURSE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial(s): Not Listed (View Names Not Listed on a Local War Memorial)
Additional Information:
William Edward Parkin was the son of William and Ellen Parkin, née Pidcock. William, senior, was born at Apperknowle, Derbyshire and Ellen at Barnsley, Yorkshire.
1901 Hoyland Common, Yorkshire Census: 22, Hunt Street - William E. Parkin, aged 8 years, born Hoyland Nether, son of William and Ellen Parkin.
1911 Hoyland Common, Yorkshire Census: 7, Hunt Street - William Ed. Parkin, aged 18 years, born Hoyland Common, son of William and Ellen Parkin.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte William E. Parkin, 18051, King's Own Scottish Borderers & 147721, Royal Engineers. Theatre of War first served in: 1 - France. Date of entry therein: 9 June 1915.
Data Source: Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-19 Records
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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---
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