WALTER EVELYN PARKE

Surname: PARKE
Forename: WALTER EVELYN
Initials: W E
Date of Birth: 27 Jul 1891
Place of Birth: Henbury House, Sturminster Marshall
Place of Birth Source: Parish Registers
Address: 1911 Beaucroft, Colehill (living with grandmother)
Schools attended: Durnford School, Swanage Winchester College
Employment / trade: Army
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Family (parents and grandparents): Son of Lt Col Laurence and Evelyn Jane (nee Lees) Parke
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Notes: Brother of John Aubrey Parke who also died 28 Sep 1915. A 3rd brother Laurence survived the war and served in the Home Guard during WWII

Regiment at call-up: Durham Light Infantry
Regiment at discharge:
Rank at call-up: Second Lieutenant
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Source: Parish Registers
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Other service details: Embarked to France with British Expeditionary Force 8 Sep 1914
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Service facts: Promoted to Lieutenant 5 Aug 1914

Age at death: 23
Date of death: 13 Oct 1914
Regiment at death: Durham Light Infantry
Battalion at death:
Rank at death: Lieutenant
Circumstances of death: Walter was a machine gun officer and he was killed near Hazebrook lifting one of the Battalion's machine guns over a hedge.
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Place of death: Hzebrook
Location of grave: Outtersteene Communal Cemetery Extension, Bailleul
Position: I.E.10
Other memorials: Bras plaque in St Mary's, Sturminster Marshall St Nicholas Church, Moreton Durnford School War Memorial in St George's, Langton Matravers
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