South Warwickshire Family History Society War Memorial Transcription Project |
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Military History |
| Theatre of War | Medals | Commonwealth War Grave or Memorial |
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| Mesopotamia | British War & Victory Medals | Basra War Cemetery |
| Arrived in Theatre | Medal Citation (if app) | SWFHS Area Memorials |
| After June 1916 | ~ | Coughton War Memorial |
| Sambourne War Memorial | ||
| Action, Battle or Other Reason Killed | Date and Place Enlisted | Studley War Memorial |
| Died of Heat Stroke | May 1916 at Stratford on Avon | |
| Place of Death | Previous Regiments or Units | Other War Memorials |
| Baghdad | ~ | |
Circumstances Leading to Death
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John is listed as having died of heatstroke on 10th July 1917. The 9th Battalion war diary for July shows soldiers falling sick on an almost daily basis but does not refer to any deaths so we assume that he was taken ill out in the field and died some time later in a Military Hospital in Baghdad. The war diary does mention temperatures reaching as high as 122f. |
| Personal & Family History |
| Birth Date/Place | Bapitsm Date/Place |
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| Jul Qtr 1881 at Studley | |
| Parents Names | Parents Abode |
| Roland and Mary Ann Parker | Coughton |
| Wife & Marriage Date/Place | Children & Year of Birth |
| Dora Parker nee Robinson | Evelyn Daisy Parker born 13 Jun 1909 |
| Oct Qtr 1908 in Alcester District | |
| Schools | Colleges |
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| Address History | Employment History |
| 1891 - Alcester Road, Studley | 1891 - School |
| 1901 - Alcester Road, Studley | 1901 - Needle scraper |
| 1909 - Sambourne | 1909 - Gardener |
| 1911 - Coughton Hill, Coughton | 1911 - Gardener |
| 1917 - Alcester Road, Studley |