Name
Arthur William Parker
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
15/06/1918
19
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
235244
Royal Warwickshire Regiment
1st/5th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
MAGNABOSCHI BRITISH CEMETERY
Plot 2. Row C. Grave 10.
Italy
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Not listed on the Hertfordshire Regimental Memorial, All Saints Church, Hertford
Pre War
Son of Harry and Rose Parker, of Godmanchester.
Wartime Service
Formerly 660 Huntindon Cyclists Bn., 43028 Bedfordshire Regiment and 268173 Hertfordshire Regiment.
Additional Information
His headstone inscription reads: “EVER REMEMBERED BY PARENTS, BROTHER & SISTER".
This man’s connection to the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment may be misleading. This combined regiment was not officially formed until 1919, but arguably the process began in May 1918 with the amalgamation of the remnants of Hertfordshire Regiment with those of the 6th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. When men died before 1919 it is likely that they were officially still in one or the other of the individual regiments. In the absence of other information we are recording them as related to Hertfordshire, rather than miss such a relationship.
Acknowledgments
Jonty Wild
