Edward John "Ned" Parfett (21 July, 1896 – 29 October, 1918) was a British soldier of World War I, who was also notable as the "Titanic paperboy", when a picture of him holding a large banner about the sinking of the RMS Titanic was taken in Central London, England.Parfett was born in 1896, near the Waterloo Station, one of six children and the third of four brothers.