Private Parkin was killed in action on the 9th April 1917. He was 26 years old.
Private Parkin is buried in Cabaret Rouge Cemetery.
He enlisted with fellow Marshall’s worker James Percy Searle who has also had his family headstone restored.




Friends of Gainsbrough Cemeteries and Chapel
General and North Warren Cemeteries
Private Parkin was killed in action on the 9th April 1917. He was 26 years old.
Private Parkin is buried in Cabaret Rouge Cemetery.
He enlisted with fellow Marshall’s worker James Percy Searle who has also had his family headstone restored.
The Cemetery Chapel won’t be open for the West Lindsey Churches Festival on 14th and 15th May.
If you would like helping finding a burial, please get in touch.
The Friends of Gainsborough Cemeteries and Chapel was set-up to help restore the family headstones of servicemen and women who died during WWI and WWII.
Both cemeteries have graves recognised by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission
We also work to preserve both the General Cemetery, its Chapel, and the North Warren (Non-Conformist) Cemetery. With the kind permission of Gainsborough Town Council.
The General Cemetery is situated on Cox’s Hill in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire. And the North Warren Cemetery is on Ropery Road in Gainsborough.
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