Edward Parker was born on 07 January 1898 in Southport, Lancashire to Thomas Parker and Mary Ellen Howard. Edward served in the Royal Navy as an Able Seaman in WW1, service no. J/36614 and died on 29 November 1918 at sea on board H.M.S. Vorticern. He was buried on 07 December 1918 in St. Cuthbert’s Churchyard, Churchtown, Southport.