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Inscription
Also of
2nd Lieut
James Evelyn Parker
York and Lancaster Regt
Younger brother of Kathleen and Cynthia
Killed on active service May 18th 1941
Aged 23 years
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St Andrew Backwell
Somerset
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James Evelyn
Parker
1917
Bristol
18th May 1941
Killed on service whilst in billet near an airfield near Southend-on-Sea which was bombed by low flying German bombers which killed James and many others from the 10th York and Lancasters
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St Andrew's churchyard, Backwell, Somerset
Second World War
Second Lieutenant
10th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment
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