Great War Dundee
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Reginald Thomas Parr
Military Information
- Date of enlistment:
- Place of enlistment: Dundee
- Service no: 41164
- Rank: Private
- Service Occupation:
- Awards:
- Regiment/Service: Machine Gun Corps
- Unit/Ship: 1st Cavalry Squadron
- Place of Death: France
- Age at Death: 27
- Date of Death: 23.11.1917
- Burial Country: France
- Cemetery: Cambrai Memorial, Louverval
- Grave/Mem Ref no: Panel 13
Personal Information
- Date of Birth:
- Place of Birth: Dundee
- Address: 24 Dallfield Walk, Dundee
- Occupation:
- Mother:
- Father:
James Kelly Parr, 24 Dallfield Walk, Dundee
- Siblings:
Alexander & John
- Spouse:
- Children:
More about Reginald Thomas Parr
Reginald has no known grave but is remembered on the Cambrai Memorial. He was the brother of Pte Alexander Parr, M.M. 242095, Seaforth Highlanders, who returned home safely.
Reginald Thomas Parr 41164 Machine Gun Corps
PARR___Killed in action on 23rd November, Reginald Thomas Parr, Machine Gun Corps, eldest son of James Parr 24 Dallfield Walk, Dundee. – Inserted by his father, sister, and brothers, also by Annie Finnigan, 64 Blackness Road and his aunts Jane and Nell.
Dundee People’s Journal 15th December 1917
Additional information and image kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell
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