The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment
Private E A E McConnell
Private Ernest Albert Edward MCCONNELL, 241372, 10th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, death assumed on or after, 23rd March 1918.
Born Dublin, Ireland, son of Alfred & Sarah Ann McConnell.
1911 Census - 15 Ferndale Avenue, Camels Head, Devonport - Alfred McConnell, head, age 51, married, no occupation, formerly labourer, worker, born Jersey; Sarah Ann McConnell, wife, age 56, married 31 years, 8 children, 5 still alive, no occupation, worker, born Plymouth; Ernest McConnell, son, age 23, single, tram repairer, Electric Cabs, worker, born Dundalk, Ireland; Elizabeth McConnell, daughter, age 21, single, no occupation, formerly labourer, worker, born Dundalk, Ireland; Samuel McConnell, son, age 17, single, errand boy, grocers, worker, born Movill, Ireland.
22nd May/June 1915, Devonport Registry Office, Ernest Albert Edward McConnell, married Irene Soady, spinster, 12 Argyll Terrace, Camels Head, Devonport, Devonshire.
Enlisted Plymouth, Devonshire, age 28 years & 11 months, height 5ft 2½ inches, weight 130lbs, dental treatment required. Resided 13 Argyll Terrace, Ca1melshead, Devonport, Devonshire / 33 William Street, Morrice? Town, Devonport, Devonshire / 14 Ferndale Gardens, Camels Head, Devonport. Formerly labourer.
Home 20th November 1915 to 11th September 1917; BEF 12th September 1917 to 23rd March 1918.
20th November 1915, enlisted; 21st November 1915, to Army Reserve; 29th May 1916, mobilized; 3rd June 1916, posted 2/5th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, Service No.4535; 12th September 1917, posted BEF & 10th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 23rd March 1918, posted missing.
22nd December 1918, date when Separation Allowance of 12/6 a week payable to wife, will cease.
23rd December 1918, pension of 13/9 a week awarded to widow.
26th November 1919, Statement of Relatives - Widow, Irene McConnell, 33 William Street, Devonport; Father, none; Mother, Sarah Ann McConnell, 8 The Terrace, Weston Mill, Devonport; Brothers - Samuel James, age 26, 8 The Terrace, Weston Mill, Devonport; Arthur John, age 34, 6 The Terrace, Weston Mill, Devonport; Alfred Richard, age 39, 15 Carmilla? Terrace, ??????; Sisters - Elizabeth Ann Parnell, age 29, 8 The Terrace, Weston Mill, Devonport.
Commemorated at Arras Memorial, Bay 7, France.
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