Andrew Simpson

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Showing posts with label James Arthur Parkes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label James Arthur Parkes. Show all posts
Saturday, 19 February 2022

A last word on one Chorlton family and the Great War

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The gravestone of the family, 2014 I think this will be the last story for a while on James Arthur Parkes who was the oldest Manchester...
Friday, 15 September 2017

James Arthur Parkes, from Chorlton, the oldest Manchester soldier to die in the Great War

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James Arthur Parkes was the oldest Manchester soldier to die in the Great War. Your King and Country Thank you, date unknown He w...
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Friday, 15 August 2014

A Chorlton family and the Great War

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Sometimes stories and the people behind them just do not go away, instead you get drawn deeper into their lives. On the Western Front, ...
Tuesday, 12 August 2014

Stories of the Great War from Southern Cemetery

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I have been planning to visit the family grave of Mr and Mrs Parkes  for about a week ever since I came across the story of James Arthur ...
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