Private George William Parr

Private George William Parr

Army Number : 27238

Battalion : 17th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Bulwell, Nottingham and lived at 106, Minerva Street, Bulwell, Nottingham. Son of Elizabeth Parr. He enlisted at Hucknall, Nottinghamshire and was killed in action, 19th October 1916, whilst in the line near Martinsart Wood, France, during the Battle of the Somme.

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

Thiepval Memorial, France.

Private George William Parr is also commemorated on the following local memorials :-
St. Mary the Virgin Church War Memorial, Bulwell, Nottingham.
Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham.

St. Mary The Virgin Church War Memorial, Bulwell, Nottingham.
St. Mary The Virgin Church War Memorial,
Bulwell, Nottingham.
Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham.
Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham.