Sergeant Charles
Parlour MM French Croix de Guerre
2220 (240461) 1/5th East Lancashire Regiment
Lived at 14 Brougham Street
Enlisted 7th August 1914
Disembodied 14th February 1919
Died in 1978, aged 88
Brother - Driver William Parlour W/2446 Royal Field Artillery 74th Div.
The family appear to have moved from Bradford to Burnley in 1905 and
owned a tailors shop at 51 Canning Street.
This
is the reunion of East Lancs Regiment and includes my Uncle Charley, second
from left on the second row. Sergeant Charles Parlour was awarded French
Croix de Guerre and the Military Medal in 1919. He lived in Burnley all
his life and died in 1978 aged 88.
(Audrey Mercer)
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