Article by Private Richard Parkinson in Preston Herald
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| Author | Parkinson, Richard |
|---|---|
| Title | Article by Private Richard Parkinson in Preston Herald (1) |
| Notes | My grandfather was torpoed on board a troop ship bound for Salonika and on his return to Preston that year wrote an article for the local paper before returning to duties which took him to Daar-es-Salaam. Editor's Comment: Pte. M/284677 Richard B. Parkinson, Army Service Corps. The only troopship to have been sunk by U-Boat on the 24th June 1917 in the Mediterranean was the Cestrian, ex-Leyland Line (off Skyros) travelling from Alexandrian to Salonika, but she was sunk by UB 42, not U 153 as identified by the author. |
| Item Date | 11th August 1917 |
| Creation place | Unknown |
| File type | Image |
| Item source | Folio |
| Item medium | Paper |
| Content | Publication |
| Page | 1 of 3 |
| Cataloguer | Richard Marshall |
| Filename | GWA_3032_Preston_Herald_2.jpg |
| Copyright | The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor |
| Digital repository | The Great War Archive, University of Oxford |
| Contributor Name | Geoffrey Phoenix |
| Reference URL | http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/gwa/document/9105/4427 |
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| Author | Parkinson, Richard |
|---|---|
| Title | Article by Private Richard Parkinson in Preston Herald |
| Notes | My grandfather was torpoed on board a troop ship bound for Salonika and on his return to Preston that year wrote an article for the local paper before returning to duties which took him to Daar-es-Salaam. Editor's Comment: Pte. M/284677 Richard B. Parkinson, Army Service Corps. The only troopship to have been sunk by U-Boat on the 24th June 1917 in the Mediterranean was the Cestrian, ex-Leyland Line (off Skyros) travelling from Alexandrian to Salonika, but she was sunk by UB 42, not U 153 as identified by the author. |
| Item Date | 11th August 1917 |
| Creation place | Unknown |
| File type | Image |
| Item source | Folio |
| Item medium | Paper |
| Content | Publication |
| Cataloguer | Richard Marshall |
| Copyright | The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor |
| Digital repository | The Great War Archive, University of Oxford |
| Contributor Name | Geoffrey Phoenix |
| Reference URL | http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/gwa/document/9105 |
