The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private W U Parkes

Photograph by "Pearlady"

Private William Underhill PARKES, G/8113, 10th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 24th June 1916.

Born Kingswinford, Staffordshire.

1901 September Quarter, Birmingham Registration District, married Ruth Elizabeth Boucher, 15, Ridley Street, Birmingham, Warwickshire.

Children - Wifred Parkes, born 26th October 1902; Frank Parkes, born 11th November 1903;

1911 Census - 255 Bolton Road, Birmingham - William Underhill Parkes, head, age 34, married, barman, licensed trade, worker, born Kingswinford, Worcestershire; Ruth Elizabeth Parkes, wife, age 33, married 9 years, 3 children, 2 still alive, born Birmingham, Warwickshire; Wilfred Parkes, son, age 8, born Birmingham, Warwickshire; Frank Parkes, age 7, born Birmingham, Warwickshire.

Children - Thomas Henry Parkes, born 22nd May 1912; William Underhill Parkes, born 23rd October 1913.

Enlisted Folkestone, Kent. Resided Folkestone, Kent.

Buried at Gunners Farm Military Cemetery, S. 8., Belgium.

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