No.4288, Private, Frederick Wiilliam PARKER
Aged 40
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Frederick William Parker was born in Bottisham in 1876 (Newmarket Q1-1876 3B:573), son of Henry and Lucy Ann PARKER (née HOWLETT).
1881 census...Aged 5, he was at 3 Parkers Row, Main Street, Bottisham with his widowed mother Lucy Ann PARKER [32] and his brother Ernest Edward [7], all were born in Bottisham. His father had died in 1877 His mother re-married on 21st May 1888 at St Andrew the Less in Cambridge to widower George POWTER. 1891 census...Aged 15, an errand boy, he was at Auckland Road, Cambridge with his stepfather George POWTER [53] brewer's clerk, born Cambridge, his mother and brother Ernest (brewer's clerk) and step-sister Harriett M POWTER [10] born Cambridge. His mother died in 1893. 1901 census...Aged 25, a domestic gardener, he was boarding with John and Martha DUNN at 3 Eagle Terrace, Woodford. 1911 census...Aged 35, single, a farm labourer, he was boarding at Great Eversden with Josiah and Ruth BLACKTOP. |
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He enlisted in Little Eversden. "Soldiers Died" has him as a native of Bottisham, being an orphan for many years may explain why he does not
appear on the Bottisham Memorial. He is however named on the Great and Little Eversden memorial where he enlisted in the Army.
His Army records have not been found and as he died of his wounds it has to be mere supposition as to where and when he was wounded. His battalion early in December 1916 were at Bray sur Somme and on the 9th went into trenches near Maurepas, then relieved some French infantry in bad trenches north of Bouchavesnes. 34th and 2/2nd London Casualty Clearing Stations were established at Meaulte which is about the right distance from either place,
photo: Rodney Gibson and commemorated on the Gt & Lt Eversden memorial. click here to go to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website for full cemetery/memorial details |
