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Personnel Entry

Pte H Parker's CWGC headstone.

Name Parker Henry
Army number 2759590
Rank Private.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Born 3/5/1914 in Gateshead. Mother's maiden surname Tait.
Age 26 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in the Black Watch in Newcastle 27/2/40, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish (possibly through the local direct recruitment campaign). Served in Northern France with the B.E.F. Presumed to have been KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40.
Company/Battery B Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Not known but probably Rifleman.
Joined Brigade 27/2/1940.
Promotions None known.
Wounded Not yet known.
Prisoner of War No.
Died/Killed in action Presumed to have been KILLED in ACTION 20-May-40 at Ficheux. Buried Plot 8. Row A. Grave 11. BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY, Ficheux. There is no additional inscription on his headstone.
Home address Father Henry, mother Jane (nee Tait). Lived at 44, Melbourne Street, Gateshead. Worked as a Kitchen Porter and subsequently as a Wharf Labourer. Married Elizabeth Bowes 10/9/1938 and they had two daughters.
Source table 1TS

Thanks are due to Henry's great grandchildren for additional family information.