Service militaire
Lieu de l’enterrement/commemoration
Fils de Edward et Harriet Elizabeth Parke, de Welford-on-Avon, Stratford-on-Avon, Angleterre.
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Soldat Edmund Parke
PPCLI at the Menin Gate 8th May 2015 to commemorate 'Originals' killed exactly 100 years before, including Edmund.
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Soldat Edmund Parke
UK Press article (Croydon Advertiser 22 May 2015) about PPCLI Centennial Commemoration at Bellewaarde/Frezenberg and Menin Gate, and attendance there by Edmund's Great Nephew representing descendents of the 'Originals' killed there.
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Soldat Edmund Parke
Edmund's Great Nephew (Grandson of his Sister Gwen), Colonel John Power (left), laying the wreath on behalf of the PPCLI 'Originals' during the Centennial Commemoration Parade at the PPCLI Memorial on Bellewaarde Ridge - exactly 100 years to the day since Edmund and some 175 of his comrades were killed there on 8th May 1915.
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Soldat Edmund Parke
Edmund's name on Menin Gate.
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Soldat Edmund Parke
Menin Gate - October 2009 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Soldat Edmund Parke
Panel 10 of he Menin Gate - August 2012 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Soldat Edmund Parke
caption from local newspaper Shrewsbury.
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Soldat Edmund Parke
Attestation Paper EDMUND FENNING PARKE 20th August 1914 - page 2.
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Soldat Edmund Parke
Edmund Fenning Parke c1914 (my Grandmother's Brother). Edmund joined Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry on 20 August 1914, immediately after Great Britain declared War. PPCLI was formed from those with former military service in order to get them across to Europe ahead of the rest of Canadian Forces. He had been in the Royal Welsh fusiliers for 2 years in UK - a Territorial or part time Reserve Force. They paused briefly in UK before going into acton in France. PPCLI held off a major attack at Bellewarde (Ypres) on 8 May 1915, at cost of most of the "Old Originals". Edmund was one of some 170 killed, aged only 22 years 10 months. He has no known grave so his name is on the Menin Gate. John Power (Colonel retd Parachute Regiment)
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Soldat Edmund Parke
Edmund Fenning Parke & Family in Wales c1900. Edmund is sitting front right. His Brother Stuart is sitting front left and also joined up in Canada in 1916 in the Royal Canadian artillery. Edmund was killed with PPCLI on 8 May 1915 and whilst Stuart survived to old age in the UK, he suffered very serious mental problems from the War. Their Sisters are lined up with Parents Edward and Harriet Parke, the other male being Husband of Sister. My Grandmother is the youngest girl sitting to the left of her Mother. I am now 67 (2013) and have very clear memories of my Grandmother Gwen and the Aunts, sadly all long deceased.
Galerie numérique de
Soldat Edmund Parke
Edmund Fenning Parke. This is a recently discovered photo of the young Edmund, taken probably around 1912?
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Soldat Edmund Parke
The Power Brothers laying a wreath on the PPCLI Memorial at Bellewarde (Ypres) in March 2009 to their Grandmother's Brother Edmund Fenning Parke. The Memorial is on the spot where Edmund was killed along with some 170 more of the "Old Originals" of the PPCLI. That is me John the eldest in the centre with Jamie on the right and "little" Brother Peter on the left. There is also a younger Sister Pamela. I recall my Granmother's pleasure when I first visited Edmund's name on the Menin Gate in 1969 - on honeymoon. We have been back many times. Jamie runs "Somme Battlefield Tours".
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Soldat Edmund Parke
This was the wording on the wreath placed on the PPCLI Memorial at Bellewarde Ridge in March 2009 by the Power Brothers in memory of their Grandmother Gwen's Brother Edmund Fenning Parke. It was very robust and weatherproofed, hammered in on a stake, and should certainly have survived a good long while, but sadly someone must come along and take them down for it disappeared after just a few months.
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Soldat Edmund Parke
Wording on Memorial to Princess Patricia's canadian Light Infantry at Bellewarde Ridge (Ypres).
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Soldat Edmund Parke
Today's map of Bellewarde (Ypres) showing PPCLI positions by Company on 8 May 1915
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Soldat Edmund Parke
Attestation Paper EDMUND FENNING PARKE 20th August 1914 - page 1
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Soldat Edmund Parke
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Soldat Edmund Parke
Edmund Fenning Parke PPCLI KiA 08.05.1915,
Photo kept by his younger Sister Gwen (my Grandmother)
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E F Parke Letters Page 2
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E F Parke Biography Page U2
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E F Parke Biography page U1
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E F Parke Biography Page U3
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E F Parke Letters Page 1
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Soldat Edmund Parke
Site of original burial on 08.05.1915, later lost, so on Menin Gate.
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Soldat Edmund Parke
From a World War 1 issue of the Edmonton Journal c.May 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Galerie numérique de
Soldat Edmund Parke
From a World War 1 issue of the Edmonton Journal c.May 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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PPCLI at the Menin Gate 8th May 2015 to commemorate 'Originals' killed exactly 100 years before, including Edmund.
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UK Press article (Croydon Advertiser 22 May 2015) about PPCLI Centennial Commemoration at Bellewaarde/Frezenberg and Menin Gate, and attendance there by Edmund's Great Nephew representing descendents of the 'Originals' killed there.
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Edmund's Great Nephew (Grandson of his Sister Gwen), Colonel John Power (left), laying the wreath on behalf of the PPCLI 'Originals' during the Centennial Commemoration Parade at the PPCLI Memorial on Bellewaarde Ridge - exactly 100 years to the day since Edmund and some 175 of his comrades were killed there on 8th May 1915.
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Edmund's name on Menin Gate.
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Menin Gate - October 2009 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Panel 10 of he Menin Gate - August 2012 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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caption from local newspaper Shrewsbury.
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Attestation Paper EDMUND FENNING PARKE 20th August 1914 - page 2.
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Edmund Fenning Parke c1914 (my Grandmother's Brother). Edmund joined Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry on 20 August 1914, immediately after Great Britain declared War. PPCLI was formed from those with former military service in order to get them across to Europe ahead of the rest of Canadian Forces. He had been in the Royal Welsh fusiliers for 2 years in UK - a Territorial or part time Reserve Force. They paused briefly in UK before going into acton in France. PPCLI held off a major attack at Bellewarde (Ypres) on 8 May 1915, at cost of most of the "Old Originals". Edmund was one of some 170 killed, aged only 22 years 10 months. He has no known grave so his name is on the Menin Gate. John Power (Colonel retd Parachute Regiment)
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Edmund Fenning Parke & Family in Wales c1900. Edmund is sitting front right. His Brother Stuart is sitting front left and also joined up in Canada in 1916 in the Royal Canadian artillery. Edmund was killed with PPCLI on 8 May 1915 and whilst Stuart survived to old age in the UK, he suffered very serious mental problems from the War. Their Sisters are lined up with Parents Edward and Harriet Parke, the other male being Husband of Sister. My Grandmother is the youngest girl sitting to the left of her Mother. I am now 67 (2013) and have very clear memories of my Grandmother Gwen and the Aunts, sadly all long deceased.
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Edmund Fenning Parke. This is a recently discovered photo of the young Edmund, taken probably around 1912?
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The Power Brothers laying a wreath on the PPCLI Memorial at Bellewarde (Ypres) in March 2009 to their Grandmother's Brother Edmund Fenning Parke. The Memorial is on the spot where Edmund was killed along with some 170 more of the "Old Originals" of the PPCLI. That is me John the eldest in the centre with Jamie on the right and "little" Brother Peter on the left. There is also a younger Sister Pamela. I recall my Granmother's pleasure when I first visited Edmund's name on the Menin Gate in 1969 - on honeymoon. We have been back many times. Jamie runs "Somme Battlefield Tours".
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This was the wording on the wreath placed on the PPCLI Memorial at Bellewarde Ridge in March 2009 by the Power Brothers in memory of their Grandmother Gwen's Brother Edmund Fenning Parke. It was very robust and weatherproofed, hammered in on a stake, and should certainly have survived a good long while, but sadly someone must come along and take them down for it disappeared after just a few months.
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Wording on Memorial to Princess Patricia's canadian Light Infantry at Bellewarde Ridge (Ypres).
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Today's map of Bellewarde (Ypres) showing PPCLI positions by Company on 8 May 1915
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Attestation Paper EDMUND FENNING PARKE 20th August 1914 - page 1
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Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Edmund Fenning Parke PPCLI KiA 08.05.1915, Photo kept by his younger Sister Gwen (my Grandmother)
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E F Parke Letters Page 2
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E F Parke Biography Page U2
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E F Parke Biography page U1
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E F Parke Biography Page U3
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E F Parke Letters Page 1
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Site of original burial on 08.05.1915, later lost, so on Menin Gate.
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From a World War 1 issue of the Edmonton Journal c.May 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From a World War 1 issue of the Edmonton Journal c.May 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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MÉMORIAL DE LA PORTE DE MENIN (YPRES) Belgique
Le Mémorial de la Porte de Menin (Ypres) est situé dans la partie est de la ville de Ypres (maintenant Ieper) dans la province de la Flandre-Occidentale, sur la route de Menin et de Courtrai. Il porte les noms de 55 000 hommes disparus sans laisser de traces lors de la défense du saillant d'Ypres durant la Première Guerre mondiale.
Dessiné par Sir Reginald Blomfield et érigé par la Commission des sépultures de guerre de l'Empire (maintenant du Commonwealth), ce Mémorial comprend une salle du Souvenir " longue de 36,6 mètres et large de 20,1 mètres. Au centre se trouve un large escalier conduisant aux remparts qui surplombent les douves et les loggias sur colonnes qui entourent le monument. Sur les murs intérieurs de la salle, du côté de l'escalier, ainsi que sur les murs des loggias, les noms des morts sont inscrits par régiments et par corps sur des panneaux en pierre de Portland.
Au-dessus de l'arche centrale on peut lire en anglais une inscription dont voici la traduction:
AUX ARMÉES DE L'EMPIRE BRITANNIQUE QUI COMBATTIRENT ICI DE 1914 À 1918 ET À LEURS MORTS DONT LA TOMBE EST INCONNUE.
Et, au-dessus de l'escalier qui conduit à la salle principale, on peut lire en anglais une inscription dont voici la traduction :
À LA PLUS GRANDE GLOIRE DE DIEU ICI SONT INSCRITS LES NOMS DES SOLDATS QUI SONT TOMBÉS DANS LE SAILLANT D'YPRES, MAIS QUE LES HASARDS DE LA GUERRE ONT EMPÊCHÉS D'AVOIR UNE IDENTITÉ ET UNE SÉPULTURE HONORABLE COMME LEURS CAMARADES DANS LA MORT.
Chaque jour à 20 h, une cérémonie toute simple rappelle encore aujourd'hui le souvenir des morts. Alors que la circulation est arrêtée à la barrière, deux clairons (quatre dans les grandes occasions) sonnent l'appel aux morts. Les deux trompettes d'argent utilisées durant la cérémonie ont été données au Comité de l'appel aux morts par un officier de l'Artillerie royale canadienne, qui servait dans la 10e batterie de St. Catharines (Ontario), à Ypres, en avril 1915."
Pour plus d’informations, visitez la Commission des sépultures de guerre du Commonwealth (site disponible en anglais seulement).
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