The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private A H Parrin

Private Alfred Henry PARRIN, TF/2316, 1st/4th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, at Nasiriyah, with Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force, 7th February 1916, age 20.

Born, Maidstone, Kent, son of Henry John and Clara Parrin, of 1, New Cottage, St. John's Lane, Ashford, Kent.

10 Lucerne Street, Maidstone, Kent - Henry John Parrin, head, age 41, married, tanners labourer, Tannery, worker, born Maidstone, Kent; Clara Parrin, wife, age 39, married 17 years, 4 children, 3 still alive, born Maidstone, Kent; Henry Alfred Parrin, son, age 15, single, shop boy, newsagent, worker, born Maidstone, Kent; Mabel Parrin, daughter, age 13, school, born Maidstone, Kent; Nellie Florence Parrin, daughter, age 11, school, born Maidstone, Kent.

Enlisted Tonbridge, Kent. Resided 10 Lucerne Street, Maidstone, Kent.

12th September 1914, enlisted 4th Battalion (Territorial Force), Royal West Kent Regiment, Service No. TF/3209; 14th September 1914 to 29th October 1914, Sandwich; 29th October 1914 to 2nd December 1914, SS Somali; 4th December 1914 to 14th August 1915, Jabalpur, India; 2nd August 1915, Jabalpur, India, examined, age 20, paper making machinist, height 5ft 6 inches, weight 142lbs; 16th August 1915, Bombay; 26th August 1915, posted Asiatic Theatre of War; 1st February 1916, failing to rejoin the Company when able to do so, 7 days confined to Barracks, 2 Extra Convoys.

18th November 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, Henry John Parrin, 1, New Cottage, St. John's Lane, Ashford, Kent; Mother, Clara Parrin, 1, New Cottage, St. John's Lane, Ashford, Kent; Sisters - Mrs Mable George, age 22, Ensley Villas, Buston Road, Kennington, near Ashford, Kent; Nellie Florance Parrin, age 20, 1, New Cottage, St. John's Lane, Ashford, Kent.

Commemorated at Basra Memorial, Panel 29, Iraq

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