Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Bookhis wife, Emily Louisa (21, Reform Street, West Bromwich), dau. of Samuel Southern; _b._ West Bromwich, 18 Oct. 1897; educ. Christ Church School there; entered the employ of Messrs. Salters at West Bromwich when he was 14; volunteered on the outbreak of war and enlisted in the 4th Worcesters, 7 Aug. 1914, with several others from Salters; served in Malta and Egypt; went to the Dardanelles, 7 July, and was killed in action there, 7 Aug. 1915; _unm._ [Illustration: =Samuel Parkes.=] =PARR, ARTHUR=, Leading Stoker, R.F.R., B. 6439, 287527, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._ =PARR, CECIL=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ply./10884, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =PARR, SYDNEY LANGFORD=, L.-Corpl., No. 2845, 12th Battn. (The Rangers) The London Regt., only _s._ of Thomas Parr, of 8, Vernon Gardens, Seven Kings, N., by his wife, Caroline; _b._ Manor Park, East Ham, 8 Jan. 1891; educ. East Ham, Technical College; enlisted, Sept. 1914; went to France, 28 Jan. 1915, and died of wounds at St. Julien, 26 April, 1915. =PARRETT, CHARLES ERNEST=, A.B. (R.F.R, Ch. B. 8951), 203270, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =PARRISS, WALTER FREDERICK=, 2nd Lieut., 3rd Battn. Middlesex Regt. (Duke of Cambridge's Own), yst. _s._ of the late John William Parriss, of Ardagh, Willesden Lane, N.W.; _b._ Ardagh afsd., 17 Nov. 1893; educ. Harrow School; joined the H.A.C. on the outbreak of war, 11 Aug. 1914, and served with them with the Expeditionary Force in France from 18 Sept. until he received a commission, 14 Feb. 1915. He was killed in action in Flanders, while holding an advanced trench, 15 March, 1915; _unm._ Buried at Kemmel. His Commanding Officer, Lieut.-Col. Stephenson (since killed), wrote of him: "He was so willing, so ready to do anything, so brave, so keen, that we shall miss him very much, although he has been so short a time with us ... a gallant boy, with all the courage of his race." [Illustration: =Walter F. Parriss.=] =PARRY, ARTHUR CROOSE=, Private, No. 2322, Honourable Artillery Company, 3rd _s._ of William Rowland Parry, of Ladye Grove, near Leominster, and grandson of the late Thomas Croose Parry, of Birley Court, co. Hereford; _b._ Lye Court, Birley, 16 March, 1888; educ. King's School, Grantham; joined the H.A.C. after the outbreak of war 4 Sept. 1914; went to France, Dec. 1914, and was killed in action near Ypres, 12 March, 1915; _unm._ Buried in the Chateau Grounds at Kemmel. [Illustration: =Arthur C. Parry.=] =PARRY, JAMES HERBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 2976), S.S. 100333, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =PARRY, NORMAN CECIL=, Lieut., 1st Battn. York and Lancaster Regt., yst. _s._ of Edward Parry, of Rossmore, Leamington, formerly of Woodthorpe Grange, Nottingham, a member of the Institute of Civil Engineers, by his wife, Mary Elizabeth; _b._ Nottingham, 19 Sept. 1887; educ. Rugby, and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he passed the Natural Science Tripos in Honours; afterwards obtaining a Diploma in Mining Engineering at the Sheffield University, and First Class Certificate as a Colliery Manager from the Home Office, and was an Assistant of Mr. Maurice Deacon, M.Inst.C.E., Managing Director of the Sheepbridge Coal and Iron Coy. Immediately on the outbreak of war he joined the Army; was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 15 Aug. 1914, and Lieut. to the 3rd (Reserve) Battn. 2 Feb. 1915, being afterwards attd. to the 1st Battn.; went to the Front early in March, 1915, and was killed in action at Ypres, 25 July, 1915, by the bursting of a shell, while he was endeavouring to get his men under cover, during a sudden attack upon his section of the trenches; _unm._ He was buried in the churchyard of St. Jean, Ypres. [Illustration: =Norman Cecil Parry.=] =PARSONS, CHARLES FRANCIS=, Private, No. 3769 D Coy. 1/7th. Battn. Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of the late William Henry Parsons, by his wife, Sarah (54, Graham Road, Wealdstone, Middlesex), dau. of George Tillay; _b._ Haggerston, London, 4 May, 1893; educ. Wealdstone; was a Piano Polisher; joined the Middlesex Territorials about 1909; mobilised, 5 Aug. 1914, and volunteered for Imperial Service; went to France in Jan. 1915, and was killed in action at Larbartier, 24 July, 1915; _unm._ [Illustration: =Charles Francis Parsons.=] =PARSONS, EDWARD JOSEPH=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 3656), 201013, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =PARSONS, EDWIN STUART THOMAS=, Petty Officer (N.S.), 219856, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =PARSONS, WILLIAM=, Leading Stoker (C.G.), 311114, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =PARSONS, WILLIAM HARRY=, Petty Officer, 1st Class (O.S.), 183802, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =PARTRIDGE, CHARLES BURNETT=, Capt., Royal Marine L.I., Plymouth Division, eldest surviving _s._ of Lieut.-Col. Sylvanus Roger Burnett Partridge, of Homecroft, Fleet, Hants, late King's Own Scottish Borderers, and Governor of His Majesty's Prison, Portland, by his wife, Mary Bishopp, dau. of Edward Bishopp Dorman, M.D.; _b._ Anchor Gate Lodge, Portsmouth, 29 May, 1880; educ. Bath College; gazetted 2nd Lieut., R.M.L.I., 1 Jan. 1899, and promoted Lieut., 1 Jan. 1900, and Capt., 1 Jan. 1910; was Instructor of Musketry at Malta, 26 June, 1906-08, and later Swimming Instructor at the Deal Depôt; served in H.M. ships Mars, Gladiator, Egmont, Melpomene, Hermione, Drake, and Good Hope, and was lost when the last was sunk in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914; _unm._ He had won many prizes for shooting, sailing and golf. He made top score when the Marines won the United Service Cup at Bisley, and held the Marine Jewel. His eldest brother, Lieut. Edward Louis Lort Partridge, died of enteric at Jullundur, aged 20; and another brother, Lieut. Geoffrey Dorman Partridge, 2nd Welsh Regt., was reported missing after the Battle of Ypres, on 3 Nov. 1914--since, presumed officially to have been then killed. The remaining brother, Capt. Richard Evelegh Partridge, Dorset Regt., is now (1916) on active service at the front, as Brigade-Major, 12th Canadian Infantry Brigade, and has received the Military Cross. [Illustration: =Charles B. Partridge.=] =PARTRIDGE, GEOFFREY DORMAN=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. The Welsh Regt., yst. _s._ of Lieut.-Col. Sylvanus Roger Burnett Partridge, of Homecroft, Fleet, Hants, late King's Own Scottish Borderers, and Governor of His Majesty's Prison, Portland, by his wife, Mary Bishopp, dau. of Edward Bishopp Dorman, M.D.; _b._ Portsmouth, 24 Dec. 1890; educ. Bath College, United Services College, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., 11 Oct. 1911, and was promoted Lieut., 1 Nov. 1914; went to France with the Expeditionary Force early in Aug., and |