Name
Albert Charles Parker
1895
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
14/10/1916
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
6117
Hertfordshire Regiment
1st Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
LONSDALE CEMETERY, AUTHUILLE
VII. F. 3.
France
Headstone Inscription
None
UK & Other Memorials
Bishop's Stortford Town Memorial,
Hertfordshire Regimental Memorial, All Saints Church, Hertford
Pre War
Albert Charles Parker was born in St Pancras, London in 1895 to Fanny and William Parker.
On the 1901 Census he was living with his widowed mother and siblings as a boarder at 2 Back Row, Bishop’s Stortford.
In 1911 he was living at 4 Middle Row, Bishop’s Stortford and working as an errand boy. His older brother Alfred was the head of the household. His sister Aggie and younger brother Ernest were also living there.
Wartime Service
He enlisted in Hertford and served in the Hertfordshire Regiment.
He died in action during the Battle of Ancre Heights (Battle of the Somme 1916).
Additional Information
His sister Agnes L Page received a war gratuity of £3 and pay owing of £4 11s 8d.
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
Jonty Wild
