PARKER Harry Stanton Lieut

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Surname: PARKER;

Forename(s): Harry Stanton;

Initials: HS;

Rank: Lieut;

Previous Battalion: 5 of;

Previous Regiment: Wilts Regt;

MGC Branch: Infantry;

MGC Unit: 40 Coy;

Awarded: MC;

Other Data: on strength of 40 Coy - war diary, end May 1917
private papers in IWM collections (16064):
5 ms letters (18pp), 28 March 1917 - 16 November 1918, with ts transcriptions (9pp), written to his mother whilst serving as a Lieutenant with the Machine Gun Corps in Mesopotamia during the First World War, describing in detail various visits to Baghdad, conditions in the desert whilst fighting Turkish forces, giving aid to local people, life in the Officer's Mess and celebrating the Armistice; together with 6 scanned photographs of him in uniform and 2 unidentified photographs, possibly of Mesopotamia; 13 ms maps of defensive positions, December 1916 - September 1917; an ms report (5pp) containing details of a patrol he led on 30 October 1915, with a ts transcription (1p); a map of Mesopotamia, August 1917; a photocopy of the London Gazette, 26 August 1918, listing his award of the Military Cross; 2 photocopies of a portrait painting of him, signed C C Webb; ms notes (1p) containing details about Islam and English translations of Arabic words, with ts transcription (1p); ms notes (3pp) about British interests in the Persian Gulf, with ts transcription (1p); ms notes (18pp) describing Mesopotamia at the cessation of hostilities; ms notes (8pp) titled, "Baghdad: Brief History"; ms notes (5pp) on early Mesopotamian civilisation, with ts transcription (4pp); an essay titled, "Baghdad Today" and a signed ms dinner menu, 8 February 1919.
Catalogue date 2007 - 11 - 13
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Other Notes: MC: LG 26/8/1918 MESOPOTAMIA (to date from 3/6/1918);

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