Corporal Edwin Baskerville Parry
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Parry,
Edwin Baskerville
Date of birth: 1887-12-11
Place of birth: Birmingham Warwickshire England
Next of kin: Edwin Parry, father. Old Station Road, Hampton in Arden, Warwickshire, England
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Pipefitter
Address:
St. James Hotel, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Religion: Church of England
Date of death:
1918-10-01
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Canada Cemetery (Tilloy-Les-Cambrai), II. B. 14.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 871052
Highest Rank:
Corporal
(16th Battalion)
Rank detail
- Corporal, 16th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
- Private (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
this.
CWGC ID: 529469
LAC ID:
564580
Service file: B7610-S009
Uploader's Notes:
Son of Edwin Parry of Hampton-in-Arden, Warwickshire, England.
CEF Burial Registers - Killed in Action. Shortly after leaving the "jumping off" trench, during the attack at Cuvillers, he was killed by enemy machine gun fire.
Uploader's Research notes: May 2016 - BWM/VM pair and Memorial Plaque exist in private Scottish collection. [Private Army Canadian Infantry 183rd Battalion Armourer Corporal Army Canadian Infantry 16th Battalion ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2021-05-09