Corporal Jasper Parkes

Army Number : 240721

Battalion : 1/6th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Awards : M.M. (Military Medal)

London Gazette 26th April 1917.On the 8th March 1917, he was member of a patrol which went for 800 yards along unknown trenches in order to ascertain the exact location of the enemy. The patrol accounted for several Germans, but were compelled by superior numbers to fall back. 2nd Lieut Stubbs and Lance Corporal Parkes covered the withdrawal with great gallantry and coolness, and the patrol reached our lines without loss in spite of several attempts of enemy bombers to rush them.

Corporal Jasper Parkes art — Photograph and articles from the Derbyshire Courier and Derbyshire Times kindly submitted by Richard Hill

Died : 30th May 1917

Buried: Fosse No.10 Communal Cemetery Extension, Sains-En-Gohelle, France. Plot 1. Row C. Grave 3.