BORN HULL 1889. SON OF PETER CANNELL AND MARY ANN (KNOWN AS POLLY) PENROSE, WHO WERE BOTH BORN IN HULL. THE FAMILY LIVED AT 15 WITHERNSEA STREET, HULL. THEY LATER MOVED TO BRADFORD AND LIVED AT 8 LITTLE CROSS STREET, BRADFORD AND 10B MYRTLE STREET, LEEDS ROAD, BRADFORD.
JOHN CANNELL WAS A REGULAR SOLDIER. SERVING IN INDIA AS NO:641 2ND EYR IN THE 1911 CENSUS. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION ON 22ND MAY 1915, AGED 26. BURIED HAZEBROUCK.
HIS YOUNGER BROTHER PTE, PETER CANNELL, 15679, 10TH WYR, WAS KILLED ON THE 1ST JULY 1916, AGED 23.
First name:
JOHN
Regiment:
Military Number:
8552
Rank:
Private
Date Died
22/05/1915
Place died:
Hazebrouck Communal Cemetery, Nord, France
Age:
26
