The father and son family grouping to the Parker family, including the Great War Western Front casualty pair to Private W.J. Parker, 13th Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps who died of wounds on 14th October 1918 and is buried in St. Sever Cemetery Extension, along with an Imperial Service Medal to George James Parker awarded in the London Gazette of 20th December 1932 for his work as a Sorting Clerk and Telegraphist in Norwich.
Pair: British War Medal and Victory Medal; (45373 PTE. W.J. PARKER. K.R. RIF. C.)
Condition: Nearly Extremely Fine
William J. Parker was born in Wallingford, Buckinghamshire and enlisted in Norwich before he saw service as a Private (No. 45373) with the 13th Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps on the Western Front during the Great War and died of wounds on 14th October 1918 and is buried in St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen. The son of George James and Edith Margaret Parker of 1 Hotblack Road, Norwich.
Imperial Service Medal, GVR, (GEORGE JAMES PARKER.)
Condition: Nearly Extremely Fine
George James Parker was awarded the Imperial Service Medal in the London Gazette of 20th December 1932 for his work as a Sorting Clerk and Telegraphist in Norwich.
