PARTON Albert Henry

  • First Name(s):
    Albert 
    Henry 
  • Surname:
    PARTON
  • Service Number:
    110795
  • Rank:

    Gunner

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Artillery
  • Corps:
    Royal Garrison Artillery
  • Unit:
    277th Siege Battery
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    7th June 1917
  • Age At Death:
    19
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Dickebusch New Military Cemetery Extension, Belgium, Grave III. C. 11.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Henry Thomas and Emma Parton, 93 Ivanhoe St., Scots Green, Dudley

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PARTON Albert Henry Is Named On These Memorials

Lye and Wollescote War Memorial
Lye Christ Church Window
Old Swinford St Mary’s Church
Stourbridge Old Swinford Hospital School
Stourbridge War Memorial

Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Old Swinford St Mary’s Church with the additional information: Gnr. R.G.A.
Stourbridge Old Swinford Hospital School with the information: Royal Garrison Artillery. Killed in action 7 June 1917. Age 19.

Further Information About PARTON Albert Henry

Native of Stourbridge.

Albert Parton was born on 4th July 1897, the son of Henry Thomas and Emma Parton of Pedmore, Worcestershire.  He entered Old Swinford Hospital on 19th December 1905 and he left the school on 11th October 1912 when he was apprenticed to S. Horton, Plasterer.

County Express, 23rd June 1917:
Gunner Albert Parton aged 20 of the Royal Garrison Artillery was killed in action June 7th. He was youngest son of Mrs Parton, Norton Terrace, Stourbridge (formerly of Pargeter Street, Wollescote).  He enlisted on August 11th, 1916, and went out to France in March last.  Educated at Old Swinford Hospital he was apprenticed to Mr S. Horton, plasterer.
The mother of the young gunner is a widow and also lost her other son in the war on April 1st this year.

Source for additional information: Old Foleyans Remembered Casualties of WW1 published by the Old Foleyans Association, October 1998.

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