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VC468 Charles Edward Haydon Parker
BORN 11 March 1870
DIED 5 December 1918 AGE 48
VC Won 31 March 1900 AGE 30
Place VC Won Korn Spruit, Sanna’s Post
War/Campaign The Second Boer War
Name Charles Edward Haydon Parker No. 90029 Elected By Regiment
VC Issue No. 468 Awards VC
Regiment Royal Horse Artillery, 'Q' Battery
Later
Now Royal Regiment of Artillery
Rank VC Won Sergeant
Rank End Of Career Sergeant
Place Of Birth Woolwich, London, England
Place Of Death Coventry, Warwickshire, England
Buried/Location Ashes London Road Cemetery, London Road, Coventry, Warwickshire
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone (CWGC) Plot/Grave no. Square 198, Grave 1
Gazetted 26 June 1900
VC Presented 25 July 1901 by King Edward VII at St James' Palace, Pall Mall, London, England
Memorials
P Headstone, London Road Cemetery, London Road, Coventry, Warwickshire
P Named on memorial at Royal Artillery Chapel, Woolwich, London
P Memorial plaque, Coventry War Memorial, Coventry, West Midlands
By The Way…
There is a false grave to a G Parker VC at Stella Wood Cemetery, Durban, South Africa
VC Held By
Royal Artillery Regiment Museum, Old Royal Military Academy, Red Lion Lane, Woolwich, London, England
