Parmenter Alfred Sidney WO II (C S M) 6006991

Personnel Entry

CSM A S Parmenter's CWGC headstone.

Name Parmenter Alfred Sidney
Army number 6006991
Rank WO II
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
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.
Company/Battery D Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit Company Headquarters.
Task or role Company Sergeant Major.
Joined Brigade Probably 1/9/1939.
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.
Prisoner of War
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.
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