Name
William John Parker
1893
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
16/11/1916
23
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
3/24406
York and Lancaster Regiment
10th (Service) Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
PUCHEVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY
VI. B. 13.
France
Headstone Inscription
NOT GONE FROM LOVE BUT GONE TO HIS FATHER'S HOME ABOVE
UK & Other Memorials
Not on the Barkway memorials, Wentworth War Memorial, Yorkshire, Holy Trinity Church Plaque, Wentworth, Yorkshire
Pre War
William John Parker was born in Barkway, Hertfordshire in 1893, the son of William and Sarah Parker, and was baptised on 8 October 1893 in Barkway.
On the 1901 Census his father was working as a gardener domestic in Street, nr Wentworth, at Brampton Bierlow, Yorkshire. Neither William nor his mother were listed with him. By 1911 William and his father were living at Street, Wentworth, Nr Rotherham, Yorkshire. His father was working as a gardener and William was a stone mason. His mother's whereabouts are unknown.
Wartime Service
He enlisted in Sheffield and joined the York and Lancaster Regiment and served with the 10th battalion in France.
William died of wounds at the 44th Casualty Clearing Station, France, on 16 November 1916, aged 23, and is buried in Puchevillers British Cemetery, France.
Additional Information
His mother received a war gratuity of £3 and pay owing of £2 3s 10d. Pension cards exist with his mother as dependant but give no indication of the amount of pension paid.
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
Paul Johnson, Adrian Pitts
