... months ip 6rian cam a of war, Pte. Alfred bad Parkes, Royal “Warwickshire Lernu bas succumbed to his wounds, ly the battle of the Somme, in the I of 1916, Parkes was wounded { head bi y shrapnel. Recently hi injures necessitated him becoming ...

... WOUNDED ON THE SOMME. After four months’ civilian life, follow- ing fifteen months in German camps as a prisoner of war, Pte. Alfred Edmund Parkes, Royal Warwickshire Territorials, has succumbed to his wounds. In the battle of the Somme, in the early art ...

... joined th@ Sunderland club in 1896-7, and played for 10 seasons. He joined the Army in 1914, and was wounded in the battle of the Somme. Afterwards he served in Italy, and later returned to France. Mr. H. W. Disney, who has been appointed Police Magis- ...