Photo: Margaret Allison
R. Parry
Royal Army Service Corps
7th March 1944 age 25
Thy purpose Lord
we cannot see
but all is well
That is done by Thee.
His name appears as "Sergeant Rowland Perry" in the Scout Roll of Honour 1939-45 as having been associated with the 1st Hirst Group. It also says that he was accidentally killed in England.
Rowland Parry is remembered in Ashington on A17.01 (A17.27) and A17.43 and in Hirst on H62.02 and H62.04
