https://freerepublic.com/tag/royalwelch/ en-us Tue, 22 Oct 2002 13:58:00 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/773649/posts <p>NAPA, Calif.(AP) - Sgt. William Parkes, who served in World War I as a member of Britain's Royal Welch Fusiliers, has died. He was 106.</p> <p>Born Jan. 18, 1896 in Newport, Monmouthshire, England, Parkes enlisted at age 19 with the South Wales Borderers, a unit of the Fusiliers. He was trained as an infantryman and machine gunner and fought in the trenches in Belgium and France.</p> Sac Bee https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/773649/posts#comment Tue, 22 Oct 2002 13:58:00 GMT