26 April 2010

3390726 Pte Richard W Park, 7th Bn, East Lancs Regt

3390726 Private Richard W Park of the 7th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment, died in England on the 25th April 1941. He was born in Lancashire and was living in Barrow-in-Furness when he enlisted. He was the son of Timothy James Park and Mary Hannah Park of Coniston, and the husband of G R Park of Leicester.

Richard Park was 24 years old when he died. He is buried in St Andrew's Church cemetery at Coniston in the Lake District.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

Sources:

Ancestry (UK Army Roll of Honour 1939-1945)
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission

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