We remember Ernest Parsons

We remember Ernest Parsons

Timeline

Timeline

1883
birth Bloomsbury, Western Central London United Kingdom Source:8594144 1883
1911
employment Sorter General Post Office London United Kingdom Source:8594144 April 1911
1911
location Peabody Buildings, Herbrand Street, West London United Kingdom parents address Source:8594144 April 1911
1916
enlistment Holborn United Kingdom Source:7966148 1916
1916
service British Army Rifleman 5758 London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles) Source:7966148 1916 - 31st December 1916
employment Postal Staff General Post Office West Central District, London United Kingdom Source:9207843
service British Army Lance Corporal 372851 London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles) Source:7966148
theatres France & Belgium: 1a Source:7966148
1918
death Died of wounds Somme France Source:7966149 Source:7966148 20th April 1918
burial St Pierre Cemetery CWGC Cemetery/Memorial Amiens, Somme France Source:7966149

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names Ernest
Initials E
Last Name Parsons
Source 3410451
Gender
GenderSource
Male
Locations
AddressCountryTypeDateSource
Peabody Buildings, Herbrand Street, West London United Kingdom parents address known April 1911
Contribution

Military Service

Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
British Army 372851 London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles) Lance Corporal
British Army 5758 London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles) Rifleman
Family
Parents
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Annie Parsons mother
William Parsons father

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Official Records

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Medal Index Card
Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919 Transcription Valerie34433
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records Transcription Valerie34433
1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription Valerie34433

External Evidence

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London West Central District Post Office & Telegraph Staff War Memorial Valerie34433

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