Arthur George Parry

A Private with the 12th Battalion, Arthur died on 16th of May 1917 at the age of 20. 

Arthur was born at Bungay in 1897, a son of Peter and Elizabeth Parry. In 1901 his family lived at 7 Laundry Lane, Lowestoft. By 1911 they were living at 36 Norfolk Street and Arthur was a houseboy at a lady’s house. 

Arthur enlisted in the Army at Norwich. He joined the Middlesex Regiment, service number 32364. He was posted to France to serve with the 12th Battalion. 

It is not possible to say when, or how, Arthur was wounded. He was evacuated to No 2 Stationary Hospital, Abbeville, where he died of wounds on 16 May.