View source for Parmenter Alfred Sidney WO II (C S M) 6006991

{{Personnel
|id=1799
|Surname and forenames=Parmenter Alfred Sidney
|Army number=6006991
|Rank=WO II
|Date of birth=Research suggests CSM Parmenter was born in West Ham, London in 1909.
|Age=30 at the time of his death.
|Unit=Enlisted in the Essex Regiment - no service details as yet.  Transferred to The Durham Light Infantry 8/5/1939.  Posted ? 9th Bn DLI.  Posted ? 12th Bn DLI - probably 1/9/1939.  Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish.  Served in Northern France with the B.E.F.  KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40, Authority: Casualty L. Category B.
|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards.
|Company/Battery=D Company.
|Platoon or other sub-unit=Company Headquarters.
|Promotions=None known beyond WOII.
|Wounded=Not yet known - if so it was probably mortally, given the accounts of the Ficheux engagement and his part in that battle.
|Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.
|Task or role=Company Sergeant Major.
|Died/Killed in action=KILLED in ACTION 20-May-40.  Buried Memorial Plot 8, Row C, Grave 5, [[BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY]], Ficheux.  No headstone inscription.
|Home address=Resident of Gateshead at the time of his death.  No other family details yet available.
|Image Name=Parmenter_A_S_6006991.JPG
|Image Title=CSM A S Parmenter's CWGC headstone.
|Source table=1TS
}}