Name
Archibald Kenneth Park
27 Jun 1886
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
09/05/1915
29
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Captain
10th Gurkha Rifles
1st Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY, SOUCHEZ
XVII. B. 45
France
Headstone Inscription
DULCE ET DECORUM EST PRO PATRIA MORI
UK & Other Memorials
Aldenham School Memorial, Aldenham
Pre War
Archibald Kenneth Park was the eldest son of Archibald Edward Park and Emily Margaret (nee Grundy) of Stratford on Avon. He was educated at Aldenham School and went directly to Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He gained a commission as 2nd Lieutenant and was later attached to the Gloucester Regiment. In March 1906 he was posted to 10th Gurkha Rifles, where he was Signalling Officer and Quartermaster for the Regiment. Promoted to Lieutenant in April 1907 and Captain in Jan 1911. He was a member of the Junior Army & Navy Club, with favourite pastimes of shooting and Polo in which he played for the regimental team.
He married in 1910 to Effie Flora Stewart, the daughter of John Willcocks, Agent of Burma Railways and had a Daughter Joan Linda Miriam who was born in 1911.
Wartime Service
Captain Park was appointed to 2/2nd King Edwards Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles) and it was in France on 9 May 1915.
He was wounded during the Attack on Aubers Ridge. He later died of his wounds the same day and lies in Cabaret-Rouge Cemetery, France
Additional Information
His wife, Effie F. S. Park of Pendeen, Stratford-on-Avon, ordered his headstone inscription: "DULCE ET DECORUM EST PRO PATRIA MORI".
Acknowledgments
Neil Cooper
Tony James
