Due to the current Covid-19 crisis the funeral will be for family only. He enlisted on 22 November 1961 andserved with the 1stBn Sherwood Foresters in NI, Colchester, and Cyprus until he was discharged on 22 November 1967 and withD Coy 3WFR until 1974. This became A Company, 2ndBattalion Mercian Volunteers which eventually had a NATO role. Major Anthony (Tony) John Bartholomew died in Crete on 15 July 2021 aged 92. It is with sadness that we inform you that 22798229 Pte David Plant of Malvern died aged 87yrs on the 8thFebruary 2021. Over the years David has dedicated much of his time to the Regimental Associations, being involved with the erection of two memorial stones to the men of the Worcestershire Regiment and is thoroughly deserving of a merit award from the Association. Should anyone wish to make a donation, these are to the British Heart Foundation via the funeral directors Following his discharge, Ray worked as a bricklayer. He was also assigned duties as part of Recce and River Patrols, all in contact with German fire. After the short Suez campaign he returned to be Adjutant at the Depot at Normanton Barracks in January 1957. He actively supported us in our Branch activities as well as his commitments to TRBL. The address is Fulleylove Court, S44 6EZ, and will head to Brimmington Crematorium in Chesterfield for a 15.10hrs start. It is with great sadness to inform you of the deaths of both Pte and Mrs PARROTT, of Chesterfield, Derbyshire, who had been married for 68 years. Standard bearers are welcome to attend. He was wounded on 13 December 1916 at Foncqevillers. He is survived by his widow, Valerie and two daughters, Catherine and Patricia. find out more Story The Worcestershire Regiment After 9 months with the battalion he volunteered for and was posted to the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers and disembarked in Korea in the summer of 1950 for 18 months as part of 29 Brigade. He was a stalwart and dedicated member of ourBranch And Kidderminster Branch of W.F.R.A. In 1998, he was joint leader of an Anglo-Indian team on the first successful ascent of Mt Tingchen Khan in the Indian Himalayas. The remaining members of the first section took cover off the track except Hughes who was unable to move. Letters of condolence, to his wife Mary and family, can be sent via RHQ. I have his obituary from the local paper with a photo of him too. The family extends an invitation to attend the Church Service to their extended family, colleagues and veterans, including all those still serving in the Armed Forces (those in uniform would be most welcome), who wish to attend and remember Dougie. Peter enlisted into the Worcestershire Regiment at Norton Barracks serving in the Caribbean travelling on the 2nd February 1957 on the SS Dilwara being posted at the Bahamas, Jamaica, Belize, British Honduras later in Germany. During his time at the Worksop branch he served as Deputy Standard Bearer, then moved to Branch Standard Bearer. He left the Army after National Service in February 1955 and became a lawyer. T497452 Pte (Driver) John "Jack"Parrott was born in Sheffield and joined the local Territorial Army in June of 1939 and signed up as a regular soldier, with 2nd Bn The Sherwood Foresters, the day after WWII was declared. In 1956 he joined the 1st Battalion Sierra Leone Regiment as a company 2i/c before becoming Adjutant of the regiment and then moving to HQ Sierra Leone Military Forces as SO 3 G2/G3.
