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Ned Parfett (1896-1918)
Ned Parfett was the 16-year-old newsboy selling morning papers and holding the banner headline on the street-corner in London on the April morning in 1912 which announced the sinking of the Titanic. The photograph has become an iconic image, symbolising the shock and disbelief that greeted news of the disaster.
Parfett joined the British Army in 1916, enlisting in the Royal Artillery, serving as a dispatch-rider and an observer on the Western Front, being mentioned in dispatches. On October 29th, 1918, 22-year-old Parfett was about to head home on leave when he paused to collect some fresh clothes from a quartermaster's store just behind the lines near Valceniennes. At that moment, it was struck by an artillery shell and Parfett was killed. He was one of four brothers all of whom served in the war but the other three boys all survived.
Ned Parfett (1896-1918)
Ned Parfett was the 16-year-old newsboy selling morning papers and holding the banner headline on the street-corner in London on the April morning in 1912 which announced the sinking of the Titanic. The photograph has become an iconic image, symbolising the shock and disbelief that greeted news of the disaster.
Parfett joined the British Army in 1916, enlisting in the Royal Artillery, serving as a dispatch-rider and an observer on the Western Front, being mentioned in dispatches. On October 29th, 1918, 22-year-old Parfett was about to head home on leave when he paused to collect some fresh clothes from a quartermaster's store just behind the lines near Valceniennes. At that moment, it was struck by an artillery shell and Parfett was killed. He was one of four brothers all of whom served in the war but the other three boys all survived.
