The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private W J Parker

Private Wilfred John PARKER, G/7347, 8th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, (formerly 2592, Royal Sussex Regiment), killed in action, Flanders France, 1st August 1917, age 19.

Born Littlehampton, Sussex, son of Joseph and Elizabeth Ann Parker, of 23, East Street, Littlehampton, Sussex.

1911 Census - 23, East Street, Littlehampton, Sussex - Joseph Parker, head, age 57, married, jobbing gardener, own account, born Southampton, Hampshire; Elizabeth Parker, wife, age 56, married 36 years, 7 children, 6 still alive, born Jersey; Stephen Parker, son, age 16, single, baker boy, worker, born Littlehampton, Sussex; Wilfred Parker, son, age 13, school, born Littlehampton, Sussex; Catherine Parker, age 14, home, born Littlehampton, Sussex; Ada Parker, grandaughter, age 5, born Portsmouth, Hampshire; Annie Parker, grandaughter, age 4, born Portsmouth, Hampshire; Ernest Parker, grandson, age 1, born Portsmouth, Hampshire; Dorthria Raygon, adopted child, age 4, born Portsmouth, Hampshire.

Enlisted Worthing, Sussex. Resided Worthing, Sussex.

5th August 1915, posted Egypt.

Commemorated at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Panel 45 and 47, Belgium / Littlehampton, Sussex War Memorial.

NOTE: Soldiers Died in the Great War shows date of death as 1st August 1917; CWGC web site shows it as 31st July 1917.

This page was last updated on 09-Mar-2021.