Basic Details
Surname
Parker
Forenames
Charles Henry
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Service number
4647
Notes
the Roll lists his address as 8 Brawn's Yard, Bridge Street, and indicates he was entitled to the 1914-1915 Star medal.

(CWGC records that Private C H Parker, regimental number G/4647, died on 21/5/1915 serving in 2nd Battalion The Buffs (East Kent Regiment), and is now buried in grave I.D.10 at Harlebeke New British Cemetery in Belgium, having been reinterred after the War. Soldiers Died in the Great War records that he was a native of Upper Deal in Kent who was living in Deal when he enlisted in Dover. The Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects record that he died at St Eloi as a Prisoner of War, and that his widow Edith was his legatee. The International Red Cross' Prisoners of the First World War archive records that he died on 21/5/1915 at a Field Hospital at Winkel, St Eloi).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
East Kent (The Buffs)
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
Not stated on memorial
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Pte
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Town of death
St Eloi
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1915
Month of death
May
Day of death
21
Manner of death as stated
"Wounded and taken prisoner and died at Winkel Hospital, St Eloi"
Manner of death reference
Died of Wounds
Personal Details
Address
8, BRAWNS YARD, BRIDGE STREET
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial