Harrison Parkinson: an Armistice Centenary project - post #1

I am planning a project for the Centenary of the Armistice in 2018. This is coming up in a couple of months, and we will be having what I am sure is an emotional school service as usual in Ely Cathedral, with the reading of names of Old Eleans.
I am thinking of creating a collaborative StoryMap which students and parents can contribute to, with memories and commemorations of family members. I've produced similar maps before.
My mum has followed our Family tree back hundreds of years, and other family members have also done some sleuthing.
My Great Grandfather, Private (Godfrey) Harrison Parkinson served in the Hampshire Regiment. He was born in October 1883, and died on the 26th of September at Passchendaele (two weeks before the Canadians finally took the village and the offensive was called off). His service number was 15935. He was buried at Tyne Cot, where his name is engraved.
He was awarded the Military Medal. The citation for this, which I discovered kindly posted on a forum was:
"On the morning of July 2nd 1916 Pte Parkinson went out into No Mans Land in daylight bringing in wounded. This he did in spite of the fact that the enemy had been sniping and had shelled them with shrapnel. Altogether, Pte Parkinson brought in eleven wounded men."

Here's the commemorative image which one can download from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.



I will let you know how the map project develops, but why not honour your own relatives' contribution by doing a spot of sleuthing and finding out more about where and when they served during the Great War.

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: 
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. 
At the going down of the sun and in the morning 
We will remember them.

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