Private Vernon Greensmith Parkin

Army Number : 306507

Battalion : 2/8th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Newstead, Nottinghamshire, Son of John T. And Annie E. Parkin, of 6, Newstead Colliery, Nottingham. Lived at Newstead and enlisted at Hucknall, Nottinghamshire. Died 26th September 1917, age 21.

Buried: New Irish Farm Cemetery, Belgium. Plot XIV. Row A, Grave 20.

New Irish Farm Cemetery, Belgium.

Private Vernon Greensmith Parkin is also commemorated on the following local memorials:–
Newstead Village Green War Memorial, Newstead, Nottinghamshire.