William Parsons
Service number
3510
Military unit
1/7th Bn Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment)
Address
Nottingham
Date of birth
Date of death
01 Jul 1916 (24 years old)
Place of birth
Newton, Staffordshire
Employment, education or hobbies
He was a grocer's junior in 1911.
- Family History
- Military history
- Extra information
- Photographs
Family history
William Parsons was born in 1896 at Newton, Staffordshire he lived at 36 Beverley Street St Ann's Nottingham with his widowed mother Alice Parsons 39 yrs born in Uttoxeter and his siblings Mary 17 yrs a machinist, and Arthur 13 yrs a scholar.
Military history
Privat William Parsons enlisted at Nottingham he served with the 1/7th battalion Sherwood Foresters Regiment, he.went to France on 18th August 1915 and was killed in action, on 1st July 1916, during the attack on the German positions at Gommecourt, France on the first day of the Battle of the Somme.
Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, France. Pier and Face 10 C 10 D and 11 A.
Extra information
additional research and information Peter Gillings
Photographs
Photo of William Parsons
PARSONS William photo courtesy of the Sherwood Foresters Regiment, roll of honour website