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VC610 Walter Richard Parker
BORN 20 September 1881
DIED 27 November 1936 AGE 55
VC Won 30 April-1 May 1915 AGE 33
Place VC Won 400 Plateau, Gaba Tepe, Turkey
War/Campaign First World War 1915
Name Walter Richard Parker No. Po. /5229
VC Issue No. 610 Awards VC
Regiment Royal Marine Light Infantry, Portsmouth Battalion, Royal Naval Division
Later
Now Royal Marines
Rank VC Won Lance-Corporal
Rank End Of Career Lance-Corporal
Place Of Birth 5 Agnes Street, Grantham, Lincolnshire, England
Place Of Death At his home, Derby Street, Stapleford, Nottinghamshire, England
Buried/Location Ashes Stapleford Cemetery, Cemetery Road, off Nottingham Road, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated 1 December 1936
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no.
Gazetted 22 June 1917
VC Presented 21 July 1917 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England
Memorials
P Headstone, Stapleford Cemetery, Cemetery Road, off Nottingham Road, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
P Walter Parker VC Memorial Square, Stapleford, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
P Named on Victoria Cross Memorial, Nottingham Castle, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
P Blue plaque, Agnes Street, Grantham, Lincolshire
P Parker Gardens, Stapleford, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Parker Close, Gosport, Hampshire
Victoria Cross Commemorative Paving Stone, War Memorial, St Wulframs Churchyard, Grantham, Lincolnshire
By The Way…
Christened one of his daughters Vera Constance in honour of his VC
VC Held By
Royal Marines Museum, Southsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
