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Lieut James Evelyn Parker

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Lieut James Evelyn Parker

Birth
Bristol Unitary Authority, Bristol, England
Death
18 May 1941 (aged 23–24)
Southend-on-Sea, Southend-on-Sea Unitary Authority, Essex, England
Burial
Backwell, North Somerset Unitary Authority, Somerset, England Add to Map
Plot
North of Church.
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Casualty of WWII, James was a Second Lieutenant in the 10th Bn. York and Lancaster Regiment-Service No:137287.


He was 23 and the son of James Valentine Parker and Anna May Parker of Brockley.

Deaths Jun 1941 Parker James E 23 Southend 4a 1281

Two low flying German bomber aircraft attacked Southend scoring direct hits on the Nore Yacht club wrecking it and destroying a billet near the airfield killing 10 soldiers, one of whom was James. The other casualties, all from 10th York & Lancaster, were:

Jack Batty – 4746979

James John Bonner – 4757171

Thomas Cunningham – 4754690

John William Hibberd - 4744424

George Keen – 4757089

George Smith – 4757131

Richard Henry Squires - 4757138

Fred Norman Taylor - 4757553

Corporal Arthur William Brown - 4757045








Casualty of WWII, James was a Second Lieutenant in the 10th Bn. York and Lancaster Regiment-Service No:137287.


He was 23 and the son of James Valentine Parker and Anna May Parker of Brockley.

Deaths Jun 1941 Parker James E 23 Southend 4a 1281

Two low flying German bomber aircraft attacked Southend scoring direct hits on the Nore Yacht club wrecking it and destroying a billet near the airfield killing 10 soldiers, one of whom was James. The other casualties, all from 10th York & Lancaster, were:

Jack Batty – 4746979

James John Bonner – 4757171

Thomas Cunningham – 4754690

John William Hibberd - 4744424

George Keen – 4757089

George Smith – 4757131

Richard Henry Squires - 4757138

Fred Norman Taylor - 4757553

Corporal Arthur William Brown - 4757045








Inscription


[South face]
ALSO OF
2nd LIEUT.
JAMES EVELYN PARKER
YORK AND LANCASTER REGT.
YOUNGER BROTHER OF KATHLEEN & CYNTHIA
KILLED ON ACTIVE SERVICE MAY 18th 1941 AGED 23 YEARS

[West face]
AND REMEMBERING THEIR SON
MICHAEL FERNLEY PARKER 1945 – 2007
LOVING HUSBAND, FATHER AND GRANDFATHER
THANKS BE TO GOD

[North Face]
ALSO OF
JAMES VALENTINE PARKER
HUSBAND OF ANNA MAY
FEB 14TH. 1883 – FEB 28TH 1952
AGED 69 YEARS
AND OF HIS WIFE
ANNA MAY
WHO JOINED HIM TWO MONTHS LATER
ON MAY 6TH 1952. AGED 71 YEARS
[East Face]
IN LOVING MEMORY
OF
CYNTHIA JOAN
THE DEARLY LOVED DAUGHTER OF
JAMES VALENTINE AND ANNA MAY PARKER
WHO FELL ASLEEP IN JESUS DECR. 4TH 1923
AGED 13 ½ YEARS
THEM THAT SLEEP IN JESUS WILL GOD BRING WITH HIM
ALSO OF
KATHLEEN JULIA
CYNTHIA'S SISTER
WHO JOINED HER IN PARADISE MARCH 26TH 1933
TOGETHER WITH HIM

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