Laurence Thomas Parker
Service Number
PO/17726
Military Unit
1st Bn Royal Marine Light Infantry
Date of birth
08 Feb 1896
Date of Death
27 Sep 1918 (21 years old)
Place of Birth
Selston Nottinghamshire
Employment, Education or Hobbies
He was a farm worker.
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Family History
Laurence Thomas Parker was born in 1896 the son of Benoni a coal miner hewer and the late Sarah Parker née Clarke and the brother of Rose Mary, Margaret, William, Benjamin, Charlotte, Samuel Leslie and Deborah Parker of 37 Bleak Hall East Kirkby.
Benoni was born in 1856 at Alconbury and Sarah Clarke was born in 1871 at Selston she died in 1912 aged 41 yrs, married in 1893 their marriage was recorded in the Basford registration district, they had 8 children and in 1911 they lived on Mansfield Road Selston Laurence was a farm worker.
Military History
Private Laurence Thomas Parker was killed in action on 27th September 1918 and is buried at Moeuvres Communal Cemetery Extension 6.A.5
Extra Information
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Photographs
Laurence Thomas Parker
Commonwealth war grave headstone marking his grave at Moeuvres Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord.
Courtesy of Murray Biddle