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Serjeant MATTHEW VEAL PARKER

Service Number: 11850
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Durham Light Infantry

10th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 30 August 1916

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DERNANCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

I. B. 32.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Rodger and Lucy Parker, of 34, Wressle, Selby, Yorks. Native of Pelton Fell, Co. Durham.
  • Personal Inscription PEACE PERFECT PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

DERNANCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2167
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