John Henry Parr (30 July 1897 – 21 August 1914) was an English soldier. He is believed to be the first soldier of the British Empire to be killed during...

John Edmeston Parr (1856–1923), British-born Canadian architect John Parr (British Army soldier) (1898–1914), believed to have been the first British...

Major Reginald John Howard DSO (8 December 1912 – 5 May 1999) was a British Army officer who led a glider-borne assault that captured the Caen canal and...

French Army soldier killed, August 2nd, 1914 Antoine Fonck, the first Belgian Army soldier killed, August 4th, 1914 John Parr, the first British Army soldier...

soldier killed, 1918 John Parr, the first British Army soldier killed, 1914 Jules-André Peugeot, the first French Army soldier killed, 1914 History of...

2, 1914 John Parr, the first British Army soldier killed, August 21, 1914 Thomas Enright, one of the first three American Army soldiers killed, November...

1914 Antoine Fonck, the first Belgian Army soldier killed, 4 August 1914 John Parr, the first British Army soldier killed, 21 August 1914 Thomas Enright...

regained at the very end (from the British perspective), his grave faces that of John Parr, the first British soldier killed during the Great War, and just...

name for a British writer known during the first half of the 20th century for her Dartmoor-based novels. Her real name was Olive Katharine Parr, and she...

thereby eliminating the need to send soldiers "over the top" only to be blasted to pieces by enemies. The British Army was the first to use them, who built...

1914 Antoine Fonck, the first Belgian Army soldier killed, August 4, 1914 John Parr, the first British Army soldier killed, August 21, 1914 Thomas Enright...

4th, 1914 John Parr, the first British Army soldier killed, August 21st, 1914 Thomas Enright, one of the first three American Army soldiers killed, November...

Hartford, CT: Connecticut Historical Society. p. 224. Parr 2009, p. 45. Warren 1931, p. 39. Parr, James L. (2009). Dedham: Historic and Heroic Tales From...

the two armies occurred on 21 August, when a British bicycle reconnaissance unit encountered a German force near Obourg and Private John Parr became the...

in the British Army, Royal Marines, British Indian Army or other British military force since the Acts of Union 1707. See also Category:British generals...

1815, by John Hussey. 2018 Our Boys: The Story of a Paratrooper, by Helen Parr. 2019 Fighting the People's War: The British & Commonwealth Armies and the...

colloquially known as the Paras, is the airborne and infantry regiment of the British Army. The first battalion is part of the Special Forces Support Group under...

French Army soldier killed, 1914 John Parr, the first British Army soldier killed, 1914 Thomas Enright, one of the first three American Army soldiers killed...

Barry Foster, Margot Kidder and Sean McCann. British soldiers battle the Provisional Irish Republican Army in early 1970s Belfast. The film was based on...

Cardinal John Fisher's Psalmi seu precationes in the original and in an anonymous English translation by its sponsor, Queen Catherine Parr. 3 May – Edward...

into northern Mexico by American forces, Parral is over 500  miles from the border. In June, Buffalo Soldiers of the 10th Cavalry suffered a defeat at...

Distinguished Service Cross (DSC) is the United States Army's second highest military decoration for soldiers who display extraordinary heroism in combat with...

1914 Antoine Fonck, the first Belgian Army soldier killed, August 4th, 1914 John Parr, the first British Army soldier killed, August 21, 1914 Merle Hay,...

Humphrey Dacre, 1st Baron Dacre of Gilsland and Mabel Parr, great-aunt of queen consort Catherine Parr, the sixth and final wife of King Henry VIII of England...

hewer at Sherdley Colliery. Young John, who was always known as Jack, was educated at Holy Trinity school in Parr. He left school at twelve to work in...

and final resting place of his sixth wife, Catherine Parr who remarried after the king's death. Parr is buried in the castle's church, making Sudeley the...

Herbert's first wife, Anne Parr, was a sister of Queen consort Catherine Parr, sixth wife to Henry VIII. He rose with the Parrs after his sister-in-law's...

reporter Jeanne Parr (1924–2016). Parr was one of the first female correspondents for CBS News, and host of her own CBS talk show The Jeanne Parr Show. His...

1914 Antoine Fonck, the first Belgian Army soldier killed, August 4th, 1914 John Parr, the first British Army soldier killed, August 21st, 1914 Thomas Enright...

18 January – John Gillies, historian and classical scholar (died 1836) 26 January – Samuel Parr, schoolmaster (died 1825) 6 July – John Paul Jones, sailor...