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Private GEORGE PARKES

Service Number: 58269
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

21st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 22 December 1917

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HAPPY VALLEY BRITISH CEMETERY, FAMPOUX

B. 5.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Hannah Jane Parkes, of Normanby, Robin Hood's Bay, Yorks.
  • Personal Inscription IN HOPES OF A GLORIOUS RESURRECTION
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Buried or commemorated at

HAPPY VALLEY BRITISH CEMETERY, FAMPOUX
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 76
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