Unexamined Lives

The story of the 20th century as lived by residents in the Derbyshire village of Borrowash

Parkin, George Frederic

George Frederic Parkin was the brother of  George Richard Parkin and both were sons of George Anthony Parkin, the pharmacist in Borrowash and Edith Parkin.

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

PARKIN, GEORGE FREDERIC
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Date of Death: 09/04/1917
Age: 21
Regiment/Service: West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Own), 12th Bn.
Panel Reference:Bay 4.
Memorial: ARRAS MEMORIAL
Additional Information: Son of Edith Parkin, of Nottingham Rd., Borrowash, Derbyshire, and the late George A. Parkin.

Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919

Name: George Frederic Parkin
Death Date: 09-Apr-17
Rank: T/2/Lieutenant
Regiment: Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)
Battalion: 12th Battalion
Type of Casualty: Killed in action

The grave of parents George Anthony and Edith Parkin is in All Saints Churchyard, Ockbrook, and commemorates their two sons.

INSCRIPTION:
In Loving Memory of
George Anthony Parkin
At Rest January 2nd 1917
Aged 58 Years
Also of his Beloved Wife
Edith Parkin
At Rest January 21st 1940
Aged 77 Years
And Also Their Sons
George Richard
George Frederic Parkin
(Who Died) in the Great War 1914-1918

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