The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private R J Parker

Private Richard James PARKER, S/252, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 3rd October 1917, age 36.

Born Lewisham, SE, son of Edwin & Mary Ann Parker, of 1, Maythorne Cottages, Hither Green, London.

1911 Census - 1, Maythorne Cottages, Hither Green, Lewisham SE - Mary Ann Parker, head, age 60, widow, married 43 years, 17 children, 13 still alive, charwoman, worker, born Orford in Suffolk; Richard James Parker, son, age 30, single, gardener, nurseryman, worker, born Lee Green in Kent; Frank Parker, son, age 23, single, labourer general worker, born Hither Green in Kent.

Enlisted Lewisham, SE.

1st June 1915, posted BEF.

Commemorated at Tyne Cot Memorial, Panel 106 to 108., Belgium.

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