Officer casualty 1914 Star awarded to Private W.F. Parriss, Honourable Artillery Company later Second Lieutenant 3rd Battalion, Middlesex Regiment who having been educated at Harrow School saw service on the Western Front before being killed in action at Kemmel on 15th March 1915 whilst holding a trench.
1914 Star; (1336 PTE. W.F. PARRISS. H.A.C.)
Condition: Good Very Fine
Walter Frederick Parriss was the youngest son of the late J.W. Parriss and Mrs. Parriss of Ardagh, Willesden Lane, N.W. and was educated at Harrow School where he got his Fez for football, and played in Cock House Match of 1909.
When the war broke out he joined the Honourable Artillery Company as a Private (No. 1336) and was in the trenches for some months. He was then given a commission in the 3rd Battalion, Middlesex Regiment, but shortly afterwards was killed in action in Flanders while holding a trench on 15th March 1915. He is buried at Kemmel Chateau Military Cemetery and is noted as the son of Selina Parriss of 4 Palmeira Square, Hove, Brighton and the late John William Parriss.
His Commanding Officer Lieutenant-Colonel Stephenson (since killed) wrote of him: - ‘He was so willing, so ready to do anything, so brave and keen that we shall miss him very much; although he had been so short a time with us he was very popular, a gallant boy with all the courage of his race.’