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George Richard Parkin

In memory of:

Private George Richard Parkin

September 16, 1916

Military Service

Service Number:

55092

Age:

29

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)

Division:

19th Bn.

Additional Information

Born:

January 27, 1887

Son of George Anthony and Edith Parkin, of The Pharmacy, Borrowash, Derbyshire.

Commemorated on Page 145 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

ALBERT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme, France

Grave Reference:

I. N. 5.

Location:

Albert is a town on the River Ancre in the Department of the Somme, 28 kilometres north-east of Amiens. The ALBERT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION is on the south-east side of Albert and the junction of the roads to Fricourt and Meaulte, and the Extension is entirely enclosed by it.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram December 1914. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram December 1914. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram December 1914. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram December 1914. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • War Memorial– This is the Ockbrook and Borrowash War Memorial in Derbyshire on which George Parkin's name is commemorated.

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    War Memorial – This is the Ockbrook and Borrowash War Memorial in Derbyshire on which George Parkin's name is commemorated.
  • Inscription– George Parkin who was born in York, enlisted on 10th November 1914 at Toronto having previously served with the Queen's Own Rifles. He was employed as a clerk. His brother, George Frederick Parkin, served as a 2nd Lieut. in the West Yorks Regt., and was also killed in action on 9th April 1917, aged 21.

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    Inscription
    Inscription – George Parkin who was born in York, enlisted on 10th November 1914 at Toronto having previously served with the Queen's Own Rifles. He was employed as a clerk. His brother, George Frederick Parkin, served as a 2nd Lieut. in the West Yorks Regt., and was also killed in action on 9th April 1917, aged 21.

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