Army Number: 4665

Battalion: 1/7th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Nottingham and lived at Hollis Street, New Basford, Nottingham. Son of Samuel and Clara Parker, of 3, Cliff Terrace, New Basford, Nottingham. He was a chemical packer prior to enlisting at Nottingham. He went to France on 27th October 1915 and was killed in action, on 1st July 1916, age 20, in the attack on the German positions at Gommecourt, France on the first day of the Battle of the Somme.

Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, France. Pier and Face 10 C 10 D and 11 A.

Private John William Parker is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
St. Augustine’s Church War Memorial, (St. Leodegarius Church), New Basford, Nottingham.