Who is Walter Parke

Walter Evelyn Parke (27 July 1891 – 13 October 1914) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer. Parke served in the Durham Light Infantry, seeing action in France during the opening stages of the First World War. He was killed in October 1914. He also played first-class cricket for the British Army cricket team.Life and military careerThe son of the minor counties cricketer Lieutenant Colonel Lawrence Parke and his wife, Evelyn Jane Aelfrida, he was born at Wimborne Minster. He was educated at Winchester College from 1905–09, where he captained the college cricket team in his final year. Additionally, he played golf for the college and was appointed a prefect. From Winchester he attended the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He graduated into the Durham Light Infan...
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• Vague Story, A
  Perchance it was her eyes of blue,
  Her cheeks that might the rose have shamed,
  Her figure in proportion true
  To all the rules by artists framed; ...

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