Parke George Herbert RAOC Pte 10583812 - Revision history

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{{personnel
|Surname and forenames=Parke George Herbert
|Army number=10583812
|Rank=Private
|Decorations=
|Date of birth=1923
|Age=20 at the time of his death.
|Unit=Joined the Royal Army Ordnance Corps. Attached to Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. Posted to 70 Brigade Workshops. Killed in an accident 31/5/1943.
|Company/Battery=70 Brigade Workshops.
|Task or role=Not yet known.
|Promotions=None as far as is known.
|Wounded=No.
|Prisoner of War=No.
|Died/Killed in action=Killed in a minefield explosion at the Penally Rifle Ranges near Tenby, Pembrokeshire. Some information indicates that the ignored warnings to use only a cleared path.
|Home address=Son of Herbert and Martha Parke of Norwich Road, Bawdeswell, East Dereham. Buried in Bawdeswell Cemetery, North Side 5.6.
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 |Wounded=No.
 |Prisoner of War=No.
-|Died/Killed in action=Killed in a minefield explosion at the Penally Rifle Ranges near Tenby, Pembrokeshire.  Some information indicates that the ignored warnings to use only a cleared path.
+|Died/Killed in action=Killed in a minefield explosion at the Penally Rifle Ranges near Tenby, Pembrokeshire.  Some information indicates that he ignored warnings to use only a cleared path.
 |Home address=Son of Herbert and Martha Parke of Norwich Road, Bawdeswell, East Dereham.  Had worked as a Butcher's assistant.  Buried in Bawdeswell Cemetery, North Side 5.6.  The legend below the cross on his headstone reads - "Abide with Me".
 |Image Name=G_H_Parke.jpg

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 |Died/Killed in action=Killed in a minefield explosion at the Penally Rifle Ranges near Tenby, Pembrokeshire.  Some information indicates that the ignored warnings to use only a cleared path.
 |Home address=Son of Herbert and Martha Parke of Norwich Road, Bawdeswell, East Dereham.  Had worked as a Butcher's assistant.  Buried in Bawdeswell Cemetery, North Side 5.6.  The legend below the cross on his headstone reads - "Abide with Me".
-|Image Name=
+|Image Name=G_H_Parke.jpg
 |Image Title=Pte George Herbert Parke - CWGC headstone
 }}

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 |Died/Killed in action=Killed in a minefield explosion at the Penally Rifle Ranges near Tenby, Pembrokeshire.  Some information indicates that the ignored warnings to use only a cleared path.
 |Home address=Son of Herbert and Martha Parke of Norwich Road, Bawdeswell, East Dereham.  Had worked as a Butcher's assistant.  Buried in Bawdeswell Cemetery, North Side 5.6.  The legend below the cross on his headstone reads - "Abide with Me".
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 |Rank=Private
 |Decorations=
-|Date of birth=1923
+|Date of birth=Birth registered Q1 1923 at Mitford, Norfolk.  Mother's maiden surname Allcock.
 |Age=20 at the time of his death.
 |Unit=Joined the Royal Army Ordnance Corps.  Attached to Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.  Posted to 70 Brigade Workshops.  Killed in an accident 31/5/1943.
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 |Prisoner of War=No.
 |Died/Killed in action=Killed in a minefield explosion at the Penally Rifle Ranges near Tenby, Pembrokeshire.  Some information indicates that the ignored warnings to use only a cleared path.
-|Home address=Son of Herbert and Martha Parke of Norwich Road, Bawdeswell, East Dereham.  Buried in Bawdeswell Cemetery, North Side 5.6.
+|Home address=Son of Herbert and Martha Parke of Norwich Road, Bawdeswell, East Dereham.  Had worked as a Butcher's assistant.  Buried in Bawdeswell Cemetery, North Side 5.6.  The legend below the cross on his headstone reads - "Abide with Me".
 }}