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Lieutenant Colonel GEORGE PARKES

Service Number: 15919
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Tank Regiment, R.A.C.

47th (Oldham)

Date of Death

Died 27 October 1942

Age 42 years old

Buried or commemorated at

EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY

VI. E. 2.

Egypt

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Service Order
  • Additional Info Son of George Henry Parkes and of Florence Parkes (nee Ingram); husband of Clarice Irene Parkes, of Everton, Hampshire.
  • Personal Inscription O! GIVE THANKS UNTO THE LORD, FOR HE IS GOOD. FOR HIS MERCY ENDURETH FOR EVER
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Buried or commemorated at

EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 7368
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