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  • World War I member of British Royal Welch Fusiliers dies

    10/22/2002 6:58:00 AM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 23 replies · 242+ views
    Sac Bee ^ | 10/22/02 | The Associated Press - Napa, CA
    <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>