PARKER, James Frankland

Rank: 
Private
Unit / Base: 
5 Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Border Regiment
Service: 
Army
Number: 
3603237
Died : 
Friday, May 14, 1943
Died on war service
Age: 
23
Private James Parker was mortally wounded by a premature explosion of a no.68 grenade on field firing exercise at Cheverton Down, nr Ventnor on the Isle of Wight. The Coroner later recorded a verdict of accidental death. Son of Joseph William and Margaret Ellen Parker.

Private Parker, Captain John Peebles M.C., Rifleman Tommy Pollock, and 2 other ORs, were all admitted to Parkhurst Military Hospital, Newport, as a result of this accident. Captain Peebles MC died of his injuries on the 11th June, almost 4 weeks after the death of Private Parker.

Sources
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/61.
5 Cdo War Diary 14th May 1943 ref WO218/53 (National Archives).
5 Cdo War Diary for June 1943 and CVA Forum message 3108.
Coroner's Expense Book AC2007/15/1, Isle of Wight Record Office / Inquest 47/1943 held 17/05/1943 at The Library, Parkhurst Barracks.
Archive entry for Captain Peebles MC.
 
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