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#76 domwalsh

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Posted 05 September 2008 - 01:22 PM

Thanks for all your comments. I quite often pass the spot where the photo was taken and pause for a moment's reflection (even though Oceanic House is now a Mexican restaurant!).

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Posted 08 September 2008 - 03:04 PM

What a moving story. I pass that point on Trafalgar Square from time to time (countless times as a child) and never realised its significance. Now it will always remind me of this poignant story.

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Posted 29 October 2008 - 11:25 AM

Ned Parfett KIA 29 October 1918 - remembered with pride by his family, who will gather at 12.30 today at St Patrick's Friary, Cornwall Road - the street where he was brought up - for a service in his memory.

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Posted 11 November 2008 - 11:12 AM

90 years after Ned and his brothers featured in the South London Press, the same newspaper has carried a nice piece on him.

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Posted 28 October 2009 - 06:22 PM

Remembering my Great Uncle Ned - 12891 Gnr Edward John Parfett MM, RFA - KIA 29 October 1918 just as he was preparing to head home to Blighty. I never knew him but the photo above my desk of Ned as a newspaper boy reminds me of him every day. Tomorrow his family will remember him with pride.

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Posted 28 October 2009 - 06:34 PM

As will many of us in the Forum.

He achieved immortality through the photograph. People will look upon his face forever. Not a privilege granted to many.

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Posted 28 October 2009 - 06:44 PM



RIP Ned - it was nice to get to know you .... you will not be forgotten !  poppy.gif

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Posted 28 October 2009 - 07:27 PM

Remembering.

Thank you for the freedom that i enjoy.

Regards,
Scottie.


#84 Nigel Marshall

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Posted 28 October 2009 - 09:33 PM

Ubique.

Quo Fas et Gloria Ducunt.

We will remember them.

Nigel

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Posted 29 October 2009 - 12:03 AM

Dom,

We open up to read many threads not knowing what we will find, every once in awhile a thread grabs the full attention immediately causing everything else to be put on hold until it has been fully read through. As many have said the image of Ned was instantly recognisable and like many other forum pals have also said, Ned ceased to be an image but became a person.

Reading his story and the entire thread was both moving and a privilege, may I please join my thanks to the many you have already received for posting his story.

Ned, you died 91 years ago today but like all who served you will never be forgotten.  poppy.gif

Dom, very best regards and thanks,

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Posted 29 October 2009 - 01:17 AM



Here Here

Thanks for posting this.

In memory of all their sacrifices


regards

Robert

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Posted 29 October 2009 - 07:33 AM

Rest in peace Ned.

Gone but not forgotten  poppy.gif

Kind regards

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Posted 29 October 2009 - 10:28 AM

This is one of those threads that starts one's face leaking.

Thanks for posting it.

And thanks to Ned, not forgotten, for the freedom to read the story.

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Posted 29 October 2009 - 10:59 AM

I think this thread neatly sums up what this Forum is all about because it is encompasses youth, great events, heroism, sacrifice, unfulfilled potential and ultimately profound sadness. A real alpha and omega tale of the Great War.

It's not a massive sprawling thing but it merits Classic status.

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Posted 29 October 2009 - 11:32 AM

For anyone interested in Neds story, they should read "Famous" by Richard Van Emden, there is a chapter devoted to Ned which makes very interesting reading, as does the rest of the book.

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Posted 29 October 2009 - 12:44 PM

My family - including my father Ned (yes, named after his gallant uncle) - are delighted the Titanic newspaper boy's story has gained a wider audience. Richard Van Emden read his story and got in touch via the Forum. His excellent book is a lasting memorial to Ned Parfett, but so - I hope - is the Great War Forum. Long may it last.
Thanks to all for your touching comments.
Dom

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Posted 29 October 2009 - 01:00 PM

I am in the early stages of planning a 'Titanic'-themed tour to Ireland in the next couple of years. I will include Ned's story in the information I give out to the students.

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Posted 29 October 2009 - 03:13 PM

Remembering today - not forgotten.

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Posted 30 October 2009 - 10:31 AM

Mark,
If you need any more info on Ned just PM me.
Thanks for your interest,
Dom

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Posted 30 October 2009 - 10:15 PM

A photograph known the world over.  The subject, Ned, a link from one tragedy that changed the Board of Trade regulations to another that changed the face of Europe.  This is a great thread that has clearly affected many readers.  I will never look at that photograph in the same way again.  Requiescat in Pace.

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Posted 01 August 2010 - 09:43 AM

Mark,
Just wondered if you'd made any progress with your Irish tour?
All the best,
Dom

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Posted 01 August 2010 - 11:24 AM

What an excellent tale. Thanks for passing it on to others.

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Posted 01 August 2010 - 11:54 AM

View Postian turner, on 12 May 2007 - 03:04 PM, said:

Dominic,

I hope you do not mind me giving him the 'colour treatment'? It was already a ghost-like image and not sharp, so sorry if it is just a general coloured result. But probably the most 'important' picture I have worked on on here....

Ian

Cool pic. How did you do that ? I have a pic i would like to try and give a 'colour treatment' to .

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Posted 17 November 2010 - 06:48 PM

Hi all,
Was offline last month so not around to bring Forum members' attention to the anniversary of the death of:

12891 Gnr Edward John Parfett RFA - my great uncle Ned - killed 29/10/1918 aged 22 and buried in Verchain military cemetery - known to many of you as the Titanic news vendor.

Remembered with love and gratitude.

Dom

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Posted 02 November 2011 - 11:24 AM

I was offline on Saturday on the anniversary of the death of my great uncle Ned - the Titanic newspaper boy - who as an RFA Gunner was killed in France 93 years ago. Remembered by all his family with love and gratitude.