Parker, Richard John –

Son of John and Amelia Louisa Parker (nee Catchasides), of Burlington Road, Blackpool, Lancashire, and formerly of Ainsworth Hall, Ainsworth. Of 9, Crawford Street, Bolton, Lancashire. An old boy of the Bolton Church Institute (1910-1912). Formerly an assistant librarian on the staff of Bolton County Borough Libraries Department.

Personal details

  • Surname: Parker
  • Forename: Richard John
  • Date of birth: June 2nd, 1897
  • Birth place: Bury, Lancashire
  • Place of residence: Bolton, Lancashire
  • Gender: Male
  • Age of death: 20
  • Place of death: Not known
  • Date of death: September 20th, 1917
  • Casualty type: Not known

Service details

  • Rank: Corporal
  • Unit: 1st/4th (Territorial) Battalion.
  • Service number: 202606
  • Regiment: Not known
  • Enlistment date: August 9th, 1916 - 1916-08-09
  • Enlistment location: Bolton, Lancashire
  • Conflict: Not known

Decorations

  • Service medals: V / BW
  • Silver War badge: Not known
  • Awards: Not known

Memorials

  • CWGC Memorial: Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
  • CWGC reference: Panel 102 to 104.

Local newspaper entries

  • Bolton Journal and Guardian entries: 19/10/1917 07/12/1917 20/09/1918
  • Bolton Journal and Guardian references: 6c* S2* 6g
  • Bolton Chronicle: 12/10/1917

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