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Revision as of 14:53, 19 May 2020
Personnel Entry
Name Parker Richard
Army number 3608065
Rank Gunner.
Decorations None yet known.
Date of birth 21/9/1923.
Age 20 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in the Border Regiment. Transferred to the Royal Artillery. Posted to the 55th Anti-Tank Regiment. KILLED in ACTION 8/8/1944.
Company/Battery 219 Battery.
Platoon or other sub-unit H Troop.
Task or role Gunner.
Joined Brigade Not yet known exactly.
Promotions None as far as is known.
Wounded Not as far as is known.
Prisoner of War Not as far as is known.
Died/Killed in action KILLED in ACTION 8/8/1944. Interred initially at St Honorine de Chardonnerette, map reference 096708, then re-buried on 18/7/1945 in Grave I. D. 25. Ranville War Cemetery. No headstone inscription.
Home address No family information in CWGC records. Details are awaited from family.
Source table
A photograph of Gunner Parker's temporary grave marker is set out below:-
[Gunner_Parker_Initial_grave_marker.jpg|600px|thumb|centre|Temporary grave marker]
