PARKER Frederick William

  • First Name(s):
    Frederick 
    William 
  • Surname:
    PARKER
  • Service Number:
    218578
  • Rank:

    Driver

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Artillery
  • Corps:
    Royal Field Artillery
  • Unit:
    No 1 section Divisional Ammunition Column
  • Former Units:
    Formerly 3/576, Royal Army Medical Corps.
  • Date of Death:
    23rd October 1918
  • Age At Death:
    20
  • Cause of Death:
    Died of wounds
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Iwuy Communal Cemetery, France, Grave B. 35.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Edward and Sarah Alice Parker, of 143, Bridgnorth Rd., Wollaston, Stourbridge, Worcestershire

Remember The Fallen - Lest We Forget

PARKER Frederick William Is Named On These Memorials

Stourbridge War Memorial
Wollaston St James’s Church

Further Information About PARKER Frederick William

Resident and enlisted Stourbridge, Worcestershire.

Frederick Parker lived with his parents, Edward and Sarah Parker, at 143 Bridgnorth Road, Wollaston. He enlisted originally in the Medical Corps but transferred to the Royal Field Artillery to become a driver for a Divisional Ammunition Column. He took part in the last stage of the Advance to Victory and died within three weeks of the end of the Great War. From the 29th September the British Third Army broke German resistance on the Hindenburg Line, captured the city of Cambrai and defeated the Germans in the Battle of the Selle. It was in this battle that Driver Frederick Parker was killed.

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