Accession Number | H13928 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Portrait, in civilian clothes, of Lance Corporal W.R. Parker VC of the Royal Marine Light ...
Description
Portrait, in civilian clothes, of Lance Corporal W.R. Parker VC of the Royal Marine Light Infantry, Royal Naval Division (Portsmouth Battalion), who was the first man to be awarded the Victoria Cross in the ANZAC sector at Gallipoli although the award was not gazetted until 22 June 1917. (Donor A.W. Bazley)