2717456 Lance-Serjeant Leonard Richard PARKER, 2 Irish Guards: 13/05/1940

Date of Enlistment:
Date of Death: 13 May 1940

Army Number: 2717456
Rank: Guardsman
Name: Leonard Richard PARKER
Unit: Irish Guards

Date of Birth: 15/05/1912
Place of Birth: Brigg, Lancashire

 

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Reference: WO 416/282/15
Name: Leonard Richard Parker.
Date of Birth: 15/05/1912.
Place of Birth: Brigg, Lancashire.
Service: British Army.
Rank: Guardsman.
Regiment/Unit/Squadron: [2nd Battalion Irish Guards].
Service Number: 2717456.
Date of Capture: [unspecified].
Theatre of Capture: [unspecified].
Camp Name/Number: [unspecified].
PoW number: [unspecified].
Date of Death: 13/05/1940.
Number of Photographs: 0.
Number of Fingerprints: 0.
Number of X-rays: 0.
Number of Cards: 2.
Date: [1939-1945]

 

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LANCE SERJEANT LEONARD RICHARD PARKER
Service Number: 2717456
Regiment & Unit: 2nd Bn. Irish Guards
Date of Death: 13 May 1940
Age 28 years old
Buried or commemorated at HOOK OF HOLLAND GENERAL CEMETERY
Grave Reference: Row F. Coll. grave 58-60.
Location: Netherlands
Additional Info: Son of Robert and Louise Parker; husband of Rosaline Margaret Parker, of Leicester.
Personal Inscription: SWEET TO REMEMBER HE WHO WAS HERE AND THOUGH ABSENT REMAINS STILL DEAR