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Private WILLIAM PARKIN

Service Number: 4461382
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Durham Light Infantry

18th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 30 November 1940

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SUNDERLAND (MERE KNOLLS) CEMETERY

Ward 25.A. Row 2. Grave 6647.

United Kingdom

Headstone

Photographer: John Harding

  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Hilda Parkin, of Humbledon, Sunderland.
  • Personal Inscription HEAVEN'S MORNING BREAKS AND EARTH'S VAIN SHADOWS FLEE
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Buried or commemorated at

SUNDERLAND (MERE KNOLLS) CEMETERY
Durham United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 183
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