Basic Details
Surname
Parkins
Forenames
Edmund Lloyd
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Service number
G/10212
Notes
The Roll lists his address as 38 Whitsed Street. It also records the death of his elder brother Robert.

(CWGC records that Corporal Edmund Lloyd Parkins, regimental number G/10212, died aged 23 on 27/7/1916 serving in 10th Battalion The Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment, and is commemorated on Ploegsteert Memorial in Belgium. They record him as the son of Robert and Laura Parkins of 38 Whitsed Street, Peterborough. Soldiers Died in the Great War records that Edmund was a native of Peterborough who enlisted in Warwick, and that he had formerly served in the Northamptonshire Regiment under regimental number 22542. The Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects record that Miss Alice E Jones was his legatee. Edmund Lloyd Parkins' birth was registered in Peterborough in 1893. The Baptism register of Peterborough St Mary's Church records that he was baptised on 29/1/1893 as the son of Robert and Laura Parkins of 38 Whitsed Street. On the 1901 and 1911 census he was living with his parents at 38 Whitsed Street).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Queen`s Royal West Surreys
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
10th
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Cpl
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Not Stated on Memorial
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1916
Month of death
July
Day of death
27
Manner of death as stated
Killed in action
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action
Personal Details
Address
38, WHITSED STREET
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial