Notts Free Press, 2nd November 1917
PARNELL J. W.
John William Parnell
Private
24506
2nd Bn., King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Notts Free Press, 2nd November 1917
John William Parnell died on Sunday 30 September 1917, Age 28, and buried in the COXYDE MILITARY CEMETERY, Koksijde, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
He was born at Sutton-in-Ashfield circa 1889, and was the son of Isabella Parnell. On the 1891 census Isabella was living with her parents, but John William was not included on the census return. She married Herbert Whetton in 1894. At the time of John's death they were living at 58 Woodhouse Yard, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Notts.
Notts Free Press, 2nd November 1917
Notts Free Press - In Memoriam - 9th November 1917
Parnell - In Fond and Loving Memory of Private John William Parnell, of the K.O.Y.L.I., who was killed Somewhere in France, September 30th 1917, aged 26 years. Days of sadness still come o'er us, Tears of sorrow often flow; Memory keeps our loved one near us, Whom God claimed not long ago. No one knows the parting, or what that parting cost; But God in his great mercy, Has gained what we have lost. - From his loving Mother and Dad, Sister Sarah, and Mabel.
From
‘Soldiers who died in the Great War 1914-19 –
The King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry)’
PARNALL, John William. Born Sutton-in-Ashfield, Notts, enlisted Sutton-in-Ashfield, Notts. 2nd Bn., Kings Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) Private 24506, Died of wounds, France & Flanders, 30th September 1917.
Researched by Heather Faulkes, Great Great Neice of Isabella Parnell
