217135 L/Cpl. William Parkes British Army 2/5th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers from:Radcliffe, Bury (d.20th Sep 1917) William Parkes was my G-Great uncle born in Darcy Lever in 1878, son of John Wood Parkes and Mary Jane Stott. He was married to Ellen Watson who died of the Spanish Flu virus in 1915. In 1917 William was killed in action, leaving one son, who was bought up by his mother. That same year William's brother Squire also died of his wounds. Apparently his mother never accepted that both her sons had been killed in the war. Unfortunately, I have no photographs of William, nor have I any stories to tell, funny or otherwise. But he is my uncle and I want him to be remembered. His name is on the
Tyne Cot Memorial.
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