Berkshire Regt. (T.F.), yr. _s._ of Edward Bagnall Poulton, D.Sc.,
F.R.S., Hope Professor of Zoology, Oxford University, and Fellow of
Jesus College, by his wife, Emily, eldest dau. of the late George
Palmer (of Huntley & Palmer, Ltd.), some time M.P. for Reading, and
nephew of the late Right Hon. George William Palmer, also at one time
M.P. for Reading, and of the late Sir Walter Palmer, Bart., M.P. for
Salisbury; _b._ Oxford, 12 Sept. 1889; educ. Oxford Preparatory
School, Rugby (School House), and Balliol College, Oxford, where he
matriculated with an exhibition in 1908; took 2nd Class Honours in the
Final Honour School of Natural Science (Engineering), and graduated
B.A. 1911. On leaving Oxford he entered Huntley & Palmer’s factory
in Jan. 1912, to qualify himself for a Directorship, and after 18
months there, went to Manchester and continued his engineering studies
in Mather & Platt’s, attending courses at the Municipal School of
Technology. On the death of the Right Hon. G. W. Palmer, in Oct. 1913,
he became the heir and, had he lived, would have succeeded his uncle
in the Marlston Estates, and by the terms of the will he took the name
of Palmer. At Oxford he had served with the O.T.C. from 4 Dec. 1908
to 29 Dec. 1911, and on going to Reading was given a commission as
2nd Lieut., in the Berkshire Territorials, 30 April, 1912; and on the
outbreak of war volunteered with his Battn. for foreign service, and
was promoted Lieut. He went to the Front at the end of March, and was
killed by a stray bullet, or by a sniper, at 12.20 a.m., 5 [not 4] May,
1915, while superintending work on the trenches in front of Ploegsteert
Wood, Belgium. He was buried in the wood, close to “Hyde Park Corner”;
_unm._ Col. O. P. Serocold wrote: “He was killed instantaneously,
while on duty in the trenches, about 12.20 a.m. this morning, and as
it was quite dark at the time, and before the moon rose, we think it
must have been an unaimed chance bullet which struck him. Naturally
Ronald was the most beloved and popular officer with all ranks, and one
of those whom we could least spare. I shall miss him sorely, as he was
a most trustworthy and capable officer, and would have gone high in
soldiering, had he been spared”; and Capt. Thorne: “Ronald was engaged
on work of trench repair, in company with Sergt. Brant, and was hit
by an enemy sniper at 12.20 a.m. Death, mercifully, must have been
instantaneous. This I am sure of, as I reached him a moment after he
was shot; he never spoke or moved again, and the Doctor, who shortly
after arrived, is of the same opinion. Sergt. Brant did everything
that could be done, but it was obviously all in vain. I cannot express
what we feel about it, men and all were devoted to him, and there is
not one of us who would not have cheerfully exchanged our lives for
his. He never shirked a job, whatever the risk was, and he fell, as he
would have liked to do, in the execution of his duty. The regt. has
lost one it could ill afford.” Lieut. O. B. Challenor also wrote: “He
was our company works manager, _i.e._, he looked after the trench,
and found out what work on the parapet or elsewhere was necessary for
the safety of the men. He was shot at 12.20 a.m. to-day, 5 May. It was
a foggy night, and he was on the roof of a dug-out, looking at work
that had been done, when a stray shot, which I think was a ricochet
off our wire in front of the trench, hit him. It entered his right
side, just below the armpit; death was instantaneous.” He was a noted
Rugby International, and captained the English Team which won all the
International matches in the season before the war. The “Times” said:
“By the death of Lieut. Poulton Palmer Rugby football has lost one of
its most brilliant exponents. As a three-quarter back--he could play
either in the centre or on the wing--his name will go down to posterity
as probably the greatest player of all time. He was decidedly of the
unorthodox type, and, although he had many imitators, was unequalled
in his distinctive style and opportunism. The strongest points of his
game were his resolute running and wonderful swerve. At the beginning
of his career he was rather weak in his tackling, but this weakness
was remedied by experience. As a captain he was a born leader; he was
never flurried, and was always seen at his best when the score was
against his side. Like all great players, he had his off days, but he
was just the man to win games by his individual flashes of brilliance,
and no English side could have been considered at full strength without
him. Between the seasons of 1909 and 1914 he gained 17 International
caps--five against Scotland, four against Ireland, four against Wales,
three against France, and one against South Africa. He failed to get
his Blue at Oxford as a Freshman in 1908, when the three-quarter line
consisted of four old Blues and International players--H. H. Vassall,
F. N. Tarr, C. M. Gilray, and H. Martin but in the following year,
when Oxford beat Cambridge by four goals and five tries to one try,
he scored five tries--the other four being gained by Martin. In 1910
and 1911 he was also on the winning side, and was captain in the
latter year, he also did splendid service for the Harlequins, and it
was in a large degree due to him that the three-quarter line reached
its high standard of excellence. In addition to his skill as a Rugby
football player he was a fine exponent at hockey, and he played against
Cambridge in 1909, 1910, and 1911.” Early in his school days at Rugby
he began to feel that love for work in boys’ clubs which was to become
the chief among his many interests. It was further developed at Oxford
in the Balliol Boys’ Club, in the Rugby School Mission and by contact
with kindred spirits of whom the brightest have, with him, given their
lives for their country. When in 1912 he went to Reading, with all his
strenuous work at the Factory, he found time to help in the management
of a Boys’ Club in the parish of St. John’s, and in Manchester he gave
time and thought to the same absorbing interest. His friends have felt
that to write of him, as many of the papers did. as a football player
and nothing else, was to give an entirely false impression of the man,
and to miss what to him was the paramount duty as well as the keenest
pleasure of life.
[Illustration: =Ronald W. Poulton Palmer.=]
=PALMER, SAMUEL EDWARD=, Private, No. 3234, Royal Sussex Regt.
(T.F.), _s._ of William Owen Palmer, of Durgates, Wadhurst,
Gardener, by his wife, Mary Ann, dau. of William Manktelow, of Woods
Green, Wadhurst; _b._ Wadhurst, co. Sussex, 12 Jan. 1895; educ.
Boys’ School there; was employed by Miss Olvir, Durgate’s Farm,
Wadhurst, Farm Hand; joined the Church Lads’ Brigade, and became a
member of the Wadhurst Fire Brigade; joined the 5th Sussex, 22 Feb.
1915; left Woolwich for France, 10 July, 1915, and was killed in action
2 Jan. 1916, by the bursting of a German shell, while on duty with a
fatigue party; _unm._
=PALMES, GUY NICHOLAS=, Lieut., 1st Battn. King’s Own Yorkshire
L.I., 4th _s._ of the Rev. George Palmes, Vicar of Naburn, Squire
and Lord of the Manor of Naburn, by his wife, Eva Blanche, yr. dau. of
Henry Dalbiac, of Holbrook Park, Sussex; _b._ Naburn Hall, co.
York. 14 July, 1894; educ. Malvern College, and the Royal Military
College, Sandhurst, and on leaving there was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the
K.O.Y.L.I. 1 Oct. 1914, and promoted Lieut. Nov. following; went to
France, Jan. 1915, and was killed in action near Ypres, 8 May, 1915;
_unm._
=PANNELL, WILLIAM FRANCIS=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4661),
307771, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=PANTLAND, ROBERT WILLIAM=, Pensioner, Ch. E.R.A., 118003, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct.
1914; _m._
=PARAGREEN, FREDERICK ARTHUR=, Gunner, R.M.A. (R.F.R., I.C. 41),
10860, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=PARDOE, HARRY JAMES=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 26738 (Ports.), H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=PARFITT, HERBERT EDWARD=, No. 725, 2nd Class Air Mechanic, Royal
Flying Corps; killed while acting as Pilot to 2nd Lieut. E. W. C. Perry
on a B.E. 8 machine at Amiens, 16 Aug. 1914. Buried in the Cemetery at
St. Acheuil.
=PARHAM, FREDERICK=, Leading Stoker, C.G., 286907, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=PARKE, WALTER EVELYN=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Durham L.I., 2nd
_s._ of Lieut.-Col. Lawrence Parke, of Moreton Heath, Moreton, co.
Dorset, 7th Hampshire Regt., late Durham L.I., by his wife, Evelyn,
dau. of the late T. Evans Lees; _b._ Wimborne, co. Dorset; educ.
Swanage (Mr. Pellatt) and Winchester College; was gazetted 2nd Lieut.
in the Durham L.I., 16 Aug. 1911, and promoted Lieut. 5 Aug. 1914; went
to France, Sept. 1914, and was killed in action at Hazebrouck, 13 Oct.
following, while acting as Machine Gun Officer; _unm._ Buried near
Hazebrouck. Lieut. Parke was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord)
French’s Despatch of 14 Jan. [London Gazette, 17 Feb.] 1915. While at
Winchester he was captain of the Cricket XI.
=PARKER, ARTHUR=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./17068, H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PARKER, BASIL STEWART=, Capt., 2nd Battn. The Hampshire Regt.,
eldest _s._ of the late Rev. George Parker, Rector of Quainton,
co. Bucks, and Tickencote, co. Rutland, by his wife, Elizabeth Maria
Hislop (47, Sea Road, Boscombe, Bournemouth), dau. of the late John
Lorimer, of Edinburgh; _b._ Oxford, 2 July, 1878; educ. Oxford
Preparatory School and Bedford Grammar School. He served through the
South African War, first with the Imperial Yeomanry, and afterwards
in the Hampshire Regt., to which he was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 27 July,
1901. He took part in the operations in Cape Colony, North of the
Orange River, May, 1900, and in those in the Transvaal, 30 Nov. 1900
to 31 May, 1902, receiving the Queen’s medal with two clasps, and the
King’s medal with two clasps, and was promoted Lieut. 20 Aug. 1904, and
Capt. 12 June, 1909. From March, 1906–09 he was Adjutant of his Battn.,
and from 1912–13 held a similar appointment in the Mounted Infantry
in South Africa. In 1911, at Harrismith, he was a member of the 2nd
M.I. Polo Team which won the Inter-Coy. Polo Cup. When the Dardanelles
Expedition was organised the 2nd Hants. formed part of the 29th
Division, which did such splendid work, that it became to be known as
the “Old Guard of the Army.” He left England with his regt. 20 March,
1915, and took part in the first attack on 25 April. His Coys. W and X,
under Major Leigh, landed about 10 a.m. that morning, from boats on W
beach, and proceeded to the first ridge and there took up a position,
where they stopped practically the whole day covering the other regts.
landing. His Commanding Officer writing home on 30 April said: “Basil
Parker is going strong, he is doing orderly runner for me as we have
not got our horses yet; he did splendidly.” And on 1 May, Capt. Parker
wrote: “What we call a quiet day, and only being shelled. It is a
glorious day, sitting in the trenches, and a gentle trickle of sand
falling on you all the time. We moved yesterday into reserve, but at 4
a.m. were sent back into the firing line. So much for our rest cures
out here. This life seems to suit me. I never felt better in my life.
Reveille at 4 a.m. and bed at 8 p.m. daily. I drink unlimited tea, no
sugar or milk in it, and biscuits; can’t get bread at any price. I am
as filthy as I feel, black with dust and exposure. We still wear caps.
Isn’t it sad about the Col. and Deane; they were both shot dead, not
wounded. I have to write early here as we neither have electric light
or candles in this trench, and go to bed and rise with the sun”: and
the following day: “We had a vile night, an attack which lasted from
10.30 p.m. to 2 p.m. to-day. As usual we have caught it fairly hot.
Leigh and Reid were both killed during the night, and three more subs.
were wounded to-day. We were under awful shrapnel fire to-day in the
open. I feel a bit more filthy than usual; have not had my clothes or
boots off for fourteen days.” He was wounded in the head on 6 May, or
as he puts it, “Got myself into trouble yesterday, and got a bullet
in my head, or very near it. It came in absolutely in the centre of
my cap (was fired from the right), and came out where the top of the
cap and the part that fits your head joins. I have had luck, because
on its way through it took a piece out of my head like a cheese scoop
down to the bone without damaging the skull. I could not at first make
out what had happened. I felt a huge bang on the head, as if a polo
ball had hit me, and asked the man next me, ‘What on earth is that?’
‘You’re hit on the head, sir.’ It began to bleed badly, so I went back
a little and got it tied up with the dressing you had sewn in my coat.
I was hit at noon, but commanded my company till dark.” He was able to
rejoin on 3 July, and after being continuously in action since landing,
the 2nd Hants were sent to Lemnos for rest and refreshment on 7 July.
Here they were joined by fresh drafts and returned to Gallipoli on 28
July, about 900 strong. They remained “on the beach” eight days and
then moved up to the front trenches--the intention being to create a
diversion in the Southern part of the peninsula whilst a new attack was
made at Suvla Bay, six or seven miles to the north. The 2nd Hants were
told on the evening of 5 Aug. that they would go up next day, and all
were in excellent spirits. Cooks were sent on to prepare food, etc.,
and at 5.30 a.m. on Aug. 6 the advance began, the force going up the
communication trenches, and the distance from the front trench being
about three or four miles, and Achi Baba being about three-quarters
mile distant. The trenches were close to the village of Krithia and
very near the great Gully. By 7 a.m. the 2nd Hants had occupied three
lines of trenches, having on their right the 4th Worcesters, and on
their left the 1st Essex. The front Turkish trench ran forward at an
angle and was about 50 yards distant on the left and 100 yards more on
the right. The space between the opposing trenches was swept by gun
fire from a distance, as well as from the trenches themselves. It was
known that an attack on the Turkish trenches would be made at 4 p.m.,
and until that time many of the force rested. The General sent up an
encouraging message to the Hants saying that this would be the last
time he would call upon them to make a great charge. Exactly at 4 p.m.
Capt. Parker, who was in command, called out: “Time’s up, my lads,” and
those in the first trench immediately leapt out, those in the second
at once taking their places and leaping out a minute later, and those
in the third doing the same. All were well up in a good deal less then
five minutes, and with a cheer they rushed forward. It was a glorious
charge, and every one showed splendid courage. The Turks were startled,
and took a minute or two--not much more--to get their machine-guns (of
which they had one for about every five yards, and which during the
bombardment they had hidden in the trenches) into position, so that
our men got some way across the open space. Apparently, however, none
reached the Turkish trench. All were mown down. Of the second line, a
few got across. Of the third line, which had fewer men, more than half
got through, and those who were left of the battn. held the trench
until they were relieved by the Royal Scots and Royal Fusiliers. A
private said positively that the Turks were driven from their front
trench which remained in our hands, as perhaps did some others. The
open ground was so heavily swept by gun fire that it was impossible
to bring in the wounded or the dead, even at night. Some may have
crawled in, but the severely wounded must have died. As none could be
recovered and identified, they were posted as missing. In the evening
of the 6th only 250 out of 900 of the Hants answered their names. It
was in this action that Capt. Parker was killed about 4 p.m. He had
gone forward out of the trench to direct a portion of the line and was
hit by a bullet in the left side; the bullet coming out near the left
breast was deflected by his cigarette case and again entered his body
and came out on his right side. He died four minutes afterwards with
his head resting on the leg of a lieutenant. He was brought back to
the dressing station, and buried at 7.10 a.m. on the following morning
in C. Communicating trench between the firing line and twelve tree
copse. He never spoke after he was hit, and was unconscious until he
died. He was carried to his last resting-place by men of the Battn. he
had commanded, and in which he was so much liked. A cross made by the
Royal Engineers marks the spot. Capt. Parker _m._ at St. George’s
Cathedral, Cape Town, 5 April, 1913, Kathleen Lambert (“Lausanne,”
Leigh Road, Cobham, Surrey), dau. of Lawrence Newman-Walker of Cape
Colony, M.D., F.R.C.S., and had a son, Gerald Stewart, _b._
Indore, Central India, 3 April, 1914.
[Illustration: =Basil Stewart Parker.=]
=PARKER, BERTIE CLARENCE=, A.B., J. 10893, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost
in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=PARKER, CHARLES WILLIAM=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R.), Ch. 12829,
H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914.
=PARKER, CYRIL EDMUND=, 2nd Lieut., 6th (Reserve), attd. 2nd
Battn. King’s Royal Rifle Corps, eldest _s._ of the Hon. Edmund
William Parker, of Westfield House, Rugby, by his wife, Fanny Emma,
dau. of Capt. William Baldwin, of Dunedin, and grandson of Thomas
Augustus, 6th Earl of Macclesfield; _b._ Christchurch, New
Zealand, 15 May, 1884; educ. Eton, and on leaving there joined the
London Stock Exchange in 1903, where he remained for 10 years; went to
British Columbia in 1913, and became a Financial Agent at Vancouver,
British Columbia, but on the outbreak of the European War in Aug.
1914, immediately proceeded to Vancouver and volunteered for Imperial
service. He obtained a commission in the 6th Regt., the Duke of
Connaught’s Own Rifles, Vancouver, and proceeded to Valcartier with the
detachment from that regt. which, with detachments from other regts.
from the same province, eventually formed the 1st British Columbia
Regt., Canadian Expeditionary Force. Lieut. Parker qualified for the
rank of Lieut. while at Valcartier, but owing to there being a surplus
of officers in the regt., he could not be placed, all the others being
senior to him. He came over with the first contingent in Oct. and was
gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 6th Battn. King’s Royal Rifle Corps, 23 Nov.
following; went to France in Dec. with a draft for the 2nd Battn.,
and was killed in action at Cuinchy, 1 Jan. 1915, in an attack on the
German trenches; _unm._
[Illustration: =Cyril Edmund Parker.=]
=PARKER, ERNEST ALBERT=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 10532), S.S. 2799,
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PARKER, FRANK VIRLAND=, Chief Petty Officer, 154010, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PARKER, FREDERICK JOHN BUSH=, Private, No. 13215, 3rd Battn.
Coldstream Guards, only _s._ of the Rev. Frederick Talbot Parker,
Vicar of Knowle, Bristol, by his wife, Marion Einene, dau. of Edward
Thomas, of Bristol, Solicitor; _b._ Bristol, 14 Aug. 1896; educ.
Clifton College; enlisted after the outbreak of war, in Sept. 1914;
went to France, April, 1915; and was killed in action at Givenchy, 8
Aug. 1915. Buried in the Guards Cemetery there.
=PARKER, FREDERICK NEVILLE=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. King’s Royal
Rifle Corps, yst. _s._ of the late Major-General Neville Fraser
Parker, of Craymead, High View Road, Sidcup, co. Kent, Indian Army, by
his wife, Emily Annie, dau. of Richard Abbatt; _b._ Torquay, 8
Nov. 1892; educ. Elizabeth College, Guernsey; volunteered and joined
the Artists Rifles on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France
with them 27 Oct. 1914, was selected for a commission and gazetted
2nd Lieut., K.R.R.C., 3 March, 1915; and was accidentally killed at
Bethune, 28 April, following, while in charge of trench mortars;
_unm._ Buried in Bethune Civil Cemetery.
[Illustration: =Frederick N. Parker.=]
=PARKER, HARRY BOTTOMLEY=, Ship’s Petty Officer, 307254, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=PARKER, JOHN=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5701), 204310, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=PARKER, JOHN WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3135), S.S.
100777, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=PARKER, JOSEPH=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 1024), 145222, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PARKER, HARRY=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. The Hampshire Regt.,
eldest and only surviving _s._ of Capt. and Quarter-Master Henry
John Porteus Parker, The Worcestershire Regt., by his wife, Kate, dau.
of Henry Stubbs; _b._ Limerick, 25 June, 1889; educ. Army Schools;
enlisted in the Worcestershire Regt. in 1903, and at the time war
was declared in Aug. 1914 was Sergt., 4th Battn. of that regt., and
employed as Assistant Instructor of Signalling; gazetted 2nd Lieut.
in the Hampshire Regt., 7 Nov. 1914; took part in the landing at the
Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and died on the Hospital ship Delta, 30
April, 1915, of wounds received in action on the Gallipoli Peninsula
two days previously; _unm._
[Illustration: =Harry Parker.=]
=PARKER, ROBERT BURTON=, Capt., 2nd, attd. 1st Battn.
Northamptonshire Regt., only _s._ of the late Robert Parker, of
Cressington Park, Liverpool, Merchant, by his wife, Emma Catherine,
dau. of James Rawlence, of Bulbridge House, Wilton, Salisbury;
_b._ Cressington afsd., 3 July, 1879; educ. St. Edward’s School,
Oxford, and Wellington College; joined the Montgomeryshire Imperial
Yeomanry in Feb. 1900, and was given a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the
Northamptonshire Regt. 27 July, 1901, and promoted Lieut. 14 Aug. 1903,
and Capt. 14 Feb. 1910; served in the South African War, 1900–2, being
attd. to the Army Service Corps, and was mentioned in despatches, and
received the Queen’s medal with three clasps and the King’s medal with
two clasps. On his return to England he was adjutant of the Mounted
Infantry and in command of Maxim guns at Borden and Longmoor; went to
the Depôt in Northampton, 1907–10, and was then Adjutant of the local
Territorials there for three years, after which he rejoined his old
regt. at Alexandria. On the outbreak of the European War he was on
leave in England; exchanging into the 1st Battn. he went to France
with the first Division, 12 Aug. 1914; served through the retreat
from Mons, and was killed in action at the Battle of the Aisne, 17
Sept. 1914, while leading his men in an attack on the German trenches;
_unm._ He was buried near the village of Bourg, on the Aisne. His
Col. wrote: “He was the most gallant man I ever met, he did not know
what fear was. He was greatly loved by all ranks and a most able and
energetic officer, always thinking of the comfort of others”; and a
Sergt. of his regt.: “We shall never forget him; he was a brave fellow,
absolutely fearless, and beloved by his men. It was grand to serve
under an officer like him.” During his residence at Northampton, Capt.
Parker was a regular follower of the Pytchley Hounds, and his brilliant
horsemanship will not readily be forgotten by the members of the hunt.
[Illustration: =Robert Burton Parker.=]
=PARKER, RONALD ELPHINSTONE=, Lieut., D Battery, Royal Horse
Artillery, yst. _s._ of Robert Gabbett Parker, of Bally Valley,
Killaloe, co. Clare, J. P., by his wife, Louisa, dau. of John C....
Whitty, of Broadwater Down, Tunbridge Wells; _b._ Bally Valley,
aforesaid, 5 Jan. 1886; educ. The Abbey, Tipperary, and Clifton
College; joined the Clare Artillery Militia, 11 Feb. 1905; gazetted 2nd
Lieut., Royal Artillery, 25 May, 1907, and posted to the 87th Howitzer
Battery; promoted Lieut., 25 May, 1910; went to France, 16 Aug. 1914,
and was killed in action at the Battle of the Marne, 8 Sept. following.
Four guns of D Battery, R.H.A., were supporting the 3rd Cavalry Brigade
in the advance to the Marne. The Germans brought back some 12 guns
against them, but the battery held its ground, and eventually the
enemy drew off. The battery lost its Major, wounded, and both its
subalterns, killed. He was _unm._, and was buried at the Hotel de
Bois, Jonarre, Meaux. His brigade commander wrote: “He died like a man,
fighting his guns at great odds to the last.” The officer commanding
his R.H.A. battery wrote: “He was indefatigable, undaunted even in the
darkest moments; his good temper and high spirits were worth anything
to us all”; and the officer commanding his R.F.A. battery: “In 20 years
I have never met a better subaltern and a keener sportsman, in both
of which capacities he won my complete respect and affection, as he
did that of every man or horse that came into his care.” Lieut. Parker
excelled at all field sports and was a fine horseman and whip.
[Illustration: =Ronald E. Parker.=]
=PARKES, CHARLES=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5224), 203456, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.