MILITARY:
Thomas Parkinson in the 1911 England Census
Name: Thomas Parkinson
Age in 1911: 22
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1889
Birth Place: Langholm, Dumfries, Scotland
County/Island: Military
Country: England
Rank: Lance Corporal
Military Unit: 1st Bn Kings Own Scothish Borders
Registration District Number: 641
ED, institution, or vessel: India
Piece: 34990

Service No: 8220
Serjeant - 1914 - King's Own Scottish Borderers
Colour Serjeant - 1914 - King's Own Scottish Borderers - attached King's African Rifles.
Company Quartermaster Sergeant - 1916 - King's Own Scottish Borderers
Company Quartermaster Sergeant - 1918 - King's African Rifles

First Name: T
Surname: Parkinson
Resided Town: Edinburgh
Report Date: 08/08/1916
Information: Listed as "Wounded" on the Casualty List issued by the War Office.
Further Information: This man was entitled to wear a "Wound Stripe" as authorised under Army Order 204 of 6th July 1916. The terms of this award being met by their naming in this list.
Rank: Company Quartermaster Sergeant
Service Number: 8220
Service: British Army
Primary Unit: King's Own Scottish Borderers
Archive Reference: DT09081916

First Name: T
Surname: Parkinson
Rank: Company Quartermaster Sergeant
Service Number: 8220
Gazette Info: Gazette Issue 30829. Mentioned in Despatches The names of the undermentioned have been brought to the notice of the Secretary of State for War by Lieutenant-General Sir J.L. Van Deventer, K.C.B. Commanding-in-Chief, British Forces East Africa, for distinguished services during the operations from 30th May to December, 1917, described in his despatch of 21st January, 1918.
Gazette Date: 02/08/1918
Gazette Page: 9228
Duty Location: East Africa
Service: African Forces
Regiment: King's African Rifles
King's African Rifles during World War 1
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More information about King's African Rifles:
Formed: 1902
Disbanded: 1960
The King’s African Rifles (KAR) was a multi-battalion British colonial regiment raised from the various British possessions in East Africa from 1902 until independence in the 1960s.
(Source: Forces War Records).

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