Source: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland.
The War Diary for today records that the Battalion were in Corbie and that there was a Commanding Officers inspection, and usual Billets routine. At 10.13am Operational Order number 112 was received. Time of departure by train from Corbie destination Airaisnes.

Source: Leicestershire War Memorials Project.
Coalville Times article - Friday November 17th, 1916

WHITWICK SOLDIER KILLED

Mr and Mrs Wm. Parish, of 82, Hermitage Road, Whitwick, have been officially notified of the death of their son, Private Harold Parish, of the Leicestershire Regiment. A letter from a comrade stated that on October 20th, the deceased soldier had a leg severely injured by a German shell, and another letter from the hospital stated that it had been necessary to amputate the limb. The official communication states that he succumbed to his injuries on October 23rd.

Private H. Parish, was 21 years of age, and enlisted about 20 months ago. He was in Ireland up to about five weeks ago. Before the war he worked at the Whitwick Colliery, and was well known in Whitwick, being a member of the Whitwick Baptist Bible Class and a former scholar of the Baptist Sunday School.

Mr W. Parish, the father, who is a Whitwick collier, had four sons at one time in the Army. One of them, Private Thomas Parish is in the R.A.M.C. and was at Salonica until recently, but is now in hospital at Malta, suffering from malarial fever. He will be twenty-five years of age on Christmas Day. John Parish, aged 26, who is married, and resides at Bakewell Street, Coalville, also a collier, was in the Leicesters, but was discharged through an injury to his shoulder. The youngest son, Bernard Parish, also joined the Leicesters, but was sent home for three months on account of his age. He is only just over 18, and has received notice to rejoin his regiment on Monday next. A photo of Harold will appear in our next issue.

Coalville Times article - Friday October 18th, 1918

IN MEMORIAM

In loving memory of our dear son, Harold Parish, who died of wounds in France, on October 20th, 1916.

“A loving son and brother dear,
A faithful friend when he was here
God took him Home, it was His will
But in our hearts we love him still.”

From Father, Mother, Sister and Brothers, including Tom (in Egypt) and Bernard (in Germany).

Coalville Times article - Friday October 24th, 1919

IN MEMORIAM

In loving memory of Pte. Harold Parish, No. 40817, 1st Leicester Regiment, who died of wounds, October 23rd, 1916.

“No one knows how much we miss him,
None but aching hearts can tell,
Earth has lost him, Heaven has found him,
Jesus hath done all things well.”

From Father and Mother; Brothers and Sisters.
82, Hermitage Road, Coalville.

Research undertaken and submitted by Andy Murby 18/10/2017