Lance Corporal Daniel Parke
1st Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers.
Regimental Number
7079
Born:
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Died:
1915-05-22
Aged:
38
Enlisted:
Derry.
Interred in Twelve Tree Copse Cemetery, Helles, Turkey. Name commemorated on the Diamond War Memorial.
Son of Alexander and Catherine Parke, 79, Dungiven Road, Waterside, Derry. Brother of John Parke, 49, Dungiven Road, Waterside, Derry.
Lance Corporal Parke was on the reserve of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, and accompanied the Expeditionary Force in August 1914 to France. He was in the retreat from Mons and the battle of the Aisne, and took part in numerous other engagements. In November 1914 he was wounded, and after recovery was attached to the 6th Battalion. He was subsequently transferred to the 1st Battalion, and joined the Mediterranean Forces on May 18, 1915. He had fourteen years’ service.