Ordinary Seaman J/25985 Thomas Henry PARKES

Ordinary Seaman J/25985 Thomas Henry Parkes{gallery}Ordinary Seaman T H Parkes{/gallery}Royal Navy, aboard HMS Defence
Killed in action in the Battle of Jutland, in the North Sea, 31st May 1916 aged 18

• Commemorated: Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Portsmouth, Hants. Panel 13
  
• Awarded: Not yet established
• Son of the George Henry and Charlotte Parkes [nee Owen]
  
• NNWFHS Memorial: Nuneaton WWI Other Regiments

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Ordinary Seaman Parkes
• Portsmouth Naval Memorial
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Defence_(1907)

Military, Census and Family History Information

• Born 21 Mar 1898 and baptised 3 Apr 1898 at Stockingford
• Lived at 411 Arbury Road, Stockingford [1901]
• Lived at 289 Arbury Road, Stockingford [1911]
• Thomas was a schoolboy 1911
• Employed as a weaver [1916]
• Enlisted 21 Mar 1916