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Private Arthur PARSONS, G/5495, 6th Battalion,  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 8th October 1915, age 19.

8th February 1891, St Mark, Victoria Docks, Essex, #John William Parsons, age 22, father, John Ashcroft Parsons, married Martha Elizabeth *Cogings, age 21, father Charles Cogings.

Arthur PARSONS, born Silvertown, Essex, son of John William & Martha Elizabeth Parsons, 14, Prince of Wales Road, Custom House, London.

#1901 March Quarter, John William Parsons, died age 30, Whitechapel Registration District.


1911 Census - 9 Wade Road, Custom House, Canning Town, London E - John Coggins, head, age 36, married, dock labourer, worker, born Silvertown, Essex; Martha Coggins, wife, age 40, married 7 years, 3 children, 2 still alive, born Winchester, Hampshire; Edward Coggins, son, age 6, born Custom House, Essex; Amelia Coggins, daughter, age 3, born Custom House, Essex; John Parsons, stepson, age 18, single, clerk, shop, India Rubber Company, worker, born Silvertown, Essex; Frederick Parsons, stepson, age 16, single, mixer, confectionery manufacturer, born Silvertown, Essex; Arthur Parsons, stepson, age 14, explosive maker, Woolwich Arsenal, worker, born Silvertown, Essex; William Parson, stepson, age 12, school, born Silvertown, Essex; George Parsons, stepson, age 9, school, born Silvertown, Essex.

1912 December Quarter, West Ham Registration District, Martha E Parsons, married John Coggins.


Enlisted Woolwich, Kent, age 19 years & 155 days.  Resided 14, Prince of Wales Road, Custom House, London. Formerly packing case maker.

Home, 16th January 1915 to 31st May 1915; BEF, 1st June 1915 to 8th October 1915.

16th January 1915, enlisted; 17th January 1915, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 22nd January 1915, posted 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 1st June 1915, posted BEF; 29th October 1915, posted missing.

Commemorated at Loos Memorial, Panel 95 to 97, France.


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