History while in the forces
Jul 1916: wounded in one handFeb 1917: now in No 2 Officer Cadet Battalion. Training at Cambridge
Jun 1917: gazetted 2nd Lieutenant 153rd York and Lancaster Regiment on May 28th
Sep 1918: awarded Military Cross for Gallantry in action on Asiago Plateau, Italy
Dec 1918: Somerville Section, 3rd Southern General Hospital, Oxford. Broken leg - accident in Italy playing at football.
- Surname
- Parker
- Forename
- Harold Edgar
- Service number
- 702
- Rating or rank
- Private
- Regiment or Other Unit
- 15th West Yorkshire
- Branch
- Kirkgate, Leeds
- Date of Birth
- 06 Aug 1895
- Date of birth
- 1895
- Date of Entering Bank's Service
- 15 Jan 1912
- Date of Joining HM Forces
- Sep 1914
