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Hailsham [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3]

Maidstone, Kent [3]

Ticehurst, Sussex [3]

Tonbridge, Kent [3]

Ulcombe, Kent [3]

Battersea, London, England [2]

Brighton, Sussex [2]

Broadstairs, Kent [2]

Burra South Australia [2]

Headcorn, Kent [2]

Ramsay Victoria [2]

Redhill, Surrey [2]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Balmain New South Wales [1]

Barnstaple, Devon, England [1]

Battle [1]

Belfast [1]

Belfast, Antrim [1]

Bellville [1]

Boothby, Lincolnshire [1]

Bootle, Lancashire [1]

Brighton [1]

Captains Flat New South Wales [1]

Cheriton, Kent [1]

Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire [1]

Croydon, Surrey [1]

Cumberland [1]

Dover, Kent [1]

Elham, Kent [1]

Exeter South Australia [1]

Folkestone, Kent [1]

Gosford New South Wales [1]

Hackney, London [1]

Hay New South Wales [1]

Herstmonceux [1]

Homerton, Middlesex [1]

Horsham Victoria [1]

Hull, Yorkshire [1]

Islington, London [1]

Islington, London, Middlesex [1]

Jhansi [1]

Kilburn, Middx. [1]

Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [1]

Limehouse, Middlesex, England [1]

Liverpool [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

London, Middlesex [1]

London, Middlesex, England [1]

Rank

Private [263]

Gunner [36]

Serjeant [24]

Sapper [19]

Corporal [17]

Driver [17]

Lance Corporal [16]

Captain [13]

Second Lieutenant [9]

Lieutenant [8]

Pioneer [6]

Acting Corporal [4]

Rifleman [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Acting Captain [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Bombardier [2]

Farrier Staff Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Major [2]

Sergeant [2]

3rd Writer [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Sister [1]

Capatin [1]

Captain /Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Captain /Temporary Major [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Lieutenant /Acting Captain [1]

Miss [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Second Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [1]

Serjeant /Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Serjeant Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Serjeant Major [1]

Sister [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Stoker [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Superintending Clerk [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Transport Corporal [1]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [40]

Labour Corps [31]

Royal Field Artillery [28]

Royal Garrison Artillery [25]

Army Service Corps [24]

Royal Sussex Regiment [19]

Northumberland Fusiliers [12]

Royal Army Medical Corps [12]

London Regiment [11]

Machine Gun Corps [11]

Royal Fusiliers [11]

Durham Light Infantry [10]

Canadian Infantry [9]

Rifle Brigade [9]

The Queen's Regiment [9]

British West Indies Regiment [8]

Lancashire Fusiliers [8]

Royal Irish Rifles [8]

Royal West Kent Regiment [8]

Essex Regiment [7]

Worcestershire Regiment [7]

East Surrey Regiment [6]

East Yorkshire Regiment [6]

Lincolnshire Regiment [6]

Liverpool Regiment [6]

Middlesex Regiment [6]

Army Ordnance Corps [5]

Army Veterinary Corps [5]

Bedfordshire Regiment [5]

East Kent Regiment [5]

East Lancashire Regiment [5]

Northamptonshire Regiment [5]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [5]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4]

Royal Army Service Corps [4]

Royal Defence Corps [4]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [4]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [4]

Welsh Regiment [4]

Border Regiment [3]

Grenadier Guards [3]

Hampshire Regiment [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Lancers [3]

Leicestershire Regiment [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

Norfolk Regiment [3]

North Staffordshire Regiment [3]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [3]

Service

British Army [408]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [130]

Royal Navy [46]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [25]

Australian Imperial Force [22]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

P [654]

B [1]

K [1]

Contribution

Military Service [635]

Merchant Navy [16]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [19]

Canada [2]

South Africa [1]

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Place of birth

Hailsham [3] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3] Maidstone, Kent [3] Ticehurst, Sussex [3] Tonbridge, Kent [3] Ulcombe, Kent [3] Battersea, London, England [2] Brighton, Sussex [2] Broadstairs, Kent [2] Burra South Australia [2] Headcorn, Kent [2] Ramsay Victoria [2] Redhill, Surrey [2] Adelaide South Australia [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Balmain New South Wales [1] Barnstaple, Devon, England [1] Battle [1] Belfast [1] Belfast, Antrim [1] Bellville [1] Boothby, Lincolnshire [1] Bootle, Lancashire [1] Brighton [1] Captains Flat New South Wales [1] Cheriton, Kent [1] Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire [1] Croydon, Surrey [1] Cumberland [1] Dover, Kent [1] Elham, Kent [1] Exeter South Australia [1] Folkestone, Kent [1] Gosford New South Wales [1] Hackney, London [1] Hay New South Wales [1] Herstmonceux [1] Homerton, Middlesex [1] Horsham Victoria [1] Hull, Yorkshire [1] Islington, London [1] Islington, London, Middlesex [1] Jhansi [1] Kilburn, Middx. [1] Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [1] Limehouse, Middlesex, England [1] Liverpool [1] Liverpool, Lancashire [1] London, Middlesex [1] London, Middlesex, England [1]

Rank

Private [263] Gunner [36] Serjeant [24] Sapper [19] Corporal [17] Driver [17] Lance Corporal [16] Captain [13] Second Lieutenant [9] Lieutenant [8] Pioneer [6] Acting Corporal [4] Rifleman [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Acting Captain [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Bombardier [2] Farrier Staff Serjeant [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Major [2] Sergeant [2] 3rd Writer [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Sister [1] Capatin [1] Captain /Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Captain /Temporary Major [1] Deck Hand [1] Lieutenant /Acting Captain [1] Miss [1] Nursing Sister [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Private Acting Lance Corporal [1] Second Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [1] Serjeant /Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Serjeant Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Serjeant Major [1] Sister [1] Staff Nurse [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Stoker [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Superintending Clerk [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Transport Corporal [1] Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [40] Labour Corps [31] Royal Field Artillery [28] Royal Garrison Artillery [25] Army Service Corps [24] Royal Sussex Regiment [19] Northumberland Fusiliers [12] Royal Army Medical Corps [12] London Regiment [11] Machine Gun Corps [11] Royal Fusiliers [11] Durham Light Infantry [10] Canadian Infantry [9] Rifle Brigade [9] The Queen's Regiment [9] British West Indies Regiment [8] Lancashire Fusiliers [8] Royal Irish Rifles [8] Royal West Kent Regiment [8] Essex Regiment [7] Worcestershire Regiment [7] East Surrey Regiment [6] East Yorkshire Regiment [6] Lincolnshire Regiment [6] Liverpool Regiment [6] Middlesex Regiment [6] Army Ordnance Corps [5] Army Veterinary Corps [5] Bedfordshire Regiment [5] East Kent Regiment [5] East Lancashire Regiment [5] Northamptonshire Regiment [5] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [5] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4] Royal Army Service Corps [4] Royal Defence Corps [4] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [4] Royal Irish Fusiliers [4] Welsh Regiment [4] Border Regiment [3] Grenadier Guards [3] Hampshire Regiment [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Lancers [3] Leicestershire Regiment [3] Manchester Regiment [3] Norfolk Regiment [3] North Staffordshire Regiment [3] Royal Lancaster Regiment [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [3]

Service

British Army [408] Canadian Expeditionary Force [130] Royal Navy [46] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [25] Australian Imperial Force [22] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

P [654] B [1] K [1]

Contribution

Military Service [635] Merchant Navy [16] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [19] Canada [2] South Africa [1]

Albert Walter Parks

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 6190 Private London Regiment

British Army 323140 Private London Regiment

British Army 323140 Rifleman London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles).

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George Parks

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army GS/493 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army G/493 Private Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)

British Army G/493 Private Royal West Kent Regiment 6th Service Battalion

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John Wynand Parks

Born 1895

Died 1919

British Army Captain East Lancashire Regiment

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George Charles Clement Parks

Born 1898

Died 1918

Royal Navy 21276 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

Royal Navy CH/21276 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division 4th Royal Marine Battalion

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Walter Parks

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 134917

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Harry Parks

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 289534

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Ernest John Parks

Born 1885

British Army 62152 Sapper Royal Engineers 141st Army Troops Company

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Edgar Bungay Parks

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 262209

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Arthur Wallace Parks

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 14380 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Walter Ernest Parks

Born 1893

Died 1940

British Army 17565 Sergeant East Surrey Regiment

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George Albert Parks

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army T4/144245 Private Army Service Corps

British Army B/202241 Private Rifle Brigade 12th Battalion

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Albert Harry Parks

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 57563

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Leonard Joseph Parks

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 201338

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Charlie Parks

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 238143

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Hector Joseph Parks

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army L/7762 Private Duke Of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) 4th Battalion

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Horace Parks

Died 1916

British Army S/2547 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army S/2547 Lance Corporal Royal Sussex Regiment 8th Bn.

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Margaret Parks

Born 1876

Died 1955

Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps

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George Edward Parks

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 37531

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Jabez Juina Parks

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 6773 Private Hertfordshire Regiment

British Army 267435 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army 267435 Private Hertfordshire Regiment

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Alfred William Parks

Born 1898

Died 1988

British Army 59434 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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