PARKER, Robert

Robert Parker was the son of Mary Ann Parker of 93 Fenton Street, Brierley Hill, and worked at the Moor Street brickyard of the Stourbridge Glazed Brick Company. He enlisted in the Machine Gun Corps and was sent to one of the Divisions near St Quentin close to the Hindenburg Line. When the first German Spring offensive opened on the 21st March 1918, many of the units were overwhelmed by the strength of the enemy attack. He was severely wounded on the first day of battle and taken prisoner. He died of wounds on the 24th March in a German field hospital at St. Quentin. The information came from the International Red Cross in Geneva in August to the effect that Robert Parker had died of wounds from a shot in the head. He is now buried in St. Souplet British Cemetery (I J 4). Private Robert Parker was 19 years of age and is commemorated on the Brierley Hill and Brierley Hill church Memorials.