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Parker, Walter Richard
UK, Royal Marines Campaign Medal Rolls, 1914-1920
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Full Name
Parker, Walter Richard
Date Of Birth
20 Sep 1881
Age
33
Birth Place
Grantham, Lincolnshire
Nationality
British
Resided Place
Grantham, Lincolnshire; Stapleford, Nottinghamshire, England
Date
1915
Date Of Death
1936
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Formerly 3rd Lancashire Volunteers Territorial Force 1905. ex-6849 Private Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment transferred to Royal Marine Light Infantry short-service 16/09/1914. Portsmouth Battalion MEF 28/02/1915 – 06/05/1915. BW right thigh 02/05/1915. Discharged, Invalided 14/06/1916 for Defective Vision.
Rank Name
Lance Corporal
Service Number
Po./S. 229
Gazette Date
1917
Gazette Page
6253 (V.C.); Issue: 30147 (V.C.)
Duty Location
Gaba Tepe, Gallipoli
Service
Royal Navy
Branch
Royal Marine Light Infantry
Commemorated
Stapleford Cemetery, Nottinghamshire
Place of Death
Stapleford, Nottinghamshire
Conflict Period
World War I
Served For
United Kingdom
award
Victoria Cross (VC)
award
British War Medals WW1
award
Victory Medal
award
1914/15 Star
unit
Royal Navy
unit
Royal Marine Light Infantry
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Publication Title
UK, Royal Marines Campaign Medal Rolls, 1914-1920
Content Source
Jack Clegg
Last Updated
30 Oct 2023
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Today it would be most unusual to find anyone who has not heard of the Royal Marines, so famous is the Corps.
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