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John Thomas Parkin

Private

Service No. 21766

Age 35

Died on 12 July 1916

Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL

West-Vlaanderen, Belgium

Son of Henry and Matilda Parkin, of 53, Holbrooke Rd., Belper; husband of Mary Ellen Parkin, of 13, Bargate Lane, Belper, Derby.

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Pauline Parkin

We will remember them. Today, Tomorrow, Forever.

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Henry Harrison

John, O valiant heart, who to your glory came….your memory hallowed in the land you loved.

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I wish I had known you and had a chance to thank you for everything you gave to us who survive you.

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John, I am not aware of the precise circumstances of your death, nor what caused it, but, as a former soldier in the 1st and 7th Royal Warwi...

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