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John Parr (British Army soldier)
Private John Henry Parr (19 July 1897 – 21 August 1914) was a British soldier. He is believed to be the first soldier of the Commonwealth killed by enemy action in the First World War.
==Early years==
Parr was born in Lichfield Grove, Finchley, now in the London Borough of Barnet. His father was a milkman. He lived most of his life at 52 Lodge Lane, North Finchley, the youngest of the eleven children of Edward and Alice Parr. 〔(WWI Centenary: First casualty Private John Parr shrouded in mystery ), Barnet & Whetstone Press, 4 August 2014〕 Many of his siblings died before their fourth birthday.〔(A mother’s anguish over the first man to fall ), Daily Telegraph, 3 August 2014〕
On leaving school, he took a job as a butcher's boy, and then as golf caddy at North Middlesex Golf Club. Then, like many other young men of the time, he was attracted to the army as a potentially better way of life, and one where he would at least get two meals a day and a chance to see the world.〔Reboul, Percy & Heathfield, John. ("First casualty of the war" ). URL accessed 5 April 2006〕 The 5'3" tall Parr joined the 4th Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment in 1912, aged 15, but claimed to be 18 years and one month old to meet the minimum age requirement. He was nicknamed "Ole Parr", possibly after Old Tom Parr.
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