Pte.
James Park
Military Details
Service Number: S/8906
Regiment & Unit / Ship
8th Seaforth Highlanders
Enlisted
September 1914
Awards and Medals
The Victory Medal
The British War Medal, 1914-18
Enlistment Details
Date of Enlistment
September 1914
Place of Enlistment
Whitehaven
Residence at Enlistment
13. Church Street, Whitehaven, Cumberland, England
Rank at Enlistment
Pte.
Battalion at Enlistment
8th
Service Number at Enlistment
S/8906
Personal Details
Date of Birth
1986
Place of Birth
Cleator Moor
Address
13. Church Street, Whitehaven, Cumberland, England
Residence (Census)
13. Church Street, Whitehaven, Cumberland, England
Residence (Roll of Honour)
13. Church Street, Whitehaven, Cumberland, England
Siblings
Elizabeth Ann Park, Joseph Cannett Park, Edith Lillie Cannell
Education and Occupation
Occupation
Apprentice Plumber
Death and Memorial
Date of Death
19th August 1916
Age at Death
20
Circumstances of Death
Killed in Action
Place of Death
Somme
Theater of Action
France
Battle
Battle of the Somme
Regiment at Death
Seaforth Highlanders
Battalion/Vessel at Death
8th
Rank at Death
Pte.
Buried or Commemorated at
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Grave Position: Pier and Face 15 C.
Private Memorial: St Johns War Memorial
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