Name
John (Jack) Arthur Parnell
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
26/09/1916
35
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
28428
Essex Regiment
10th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Pier and Face 10D.
France
UK & Other Memorials
Ware Town Memorial
St Mary’s Church Memorial, Ware
Christchurch Memorial, Ware
Pre War
Born in 1881 in Ware, Hertfordshire son of John and Hannah Parnell and was living in the Bourne, Ware in 1891, Musley Hill, Ware in 1901 when he was a maltmaker and in Poplar, London in 1911 still working as a maltmaker.
Wartime Service
Enlisted at Ware and was killed in action on the Somme.
Additional Information
Brother of Private Alfred William Parnell who was killed in action on 28 Aug 1918 and of Private Harry Charles Parnell who was killed in action on 31 Jul 1917 and who are also commemorated on these memorials.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox
