Source: 18th Battalion Nominal Roll, April 1915.
Family Search: William Henry Currey Parkes was born on 3 August 1891, in Kingsbridge, Devon, England, United Kingdom as the son of Samuel Parkes and Jane Currey. He married Kate Margaret Scase on 6 April 1918, in Palmerston, Minto, Wellington, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Guelph, Wellington, Ontario, Canada in 1914. He registered for military service in 1914. In 1914, at the age of 23, his occupation is listed as machinist. He died on 25 February 1964, in Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 72, and was buried in Windsor Grove Cemetery, Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 