BORN HULL 17/08/1882. SON OF LUKE CONNELL (1849-1895) & LOUISA GOWTHORPE (1858-1911). A FISHERMAN. HE MARRIED IN 1905. HUSBAND OF FLORENCE AMY (1881-1965) BARR (FORMERLY CONNELL) AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS. HE SERVED AS A DECKHAND IN THE ROYAL NAL RESERVE. HE WAS LOST ON HMS “ZARIA”, ON 02/02/1915, AGED 31.
HE IS BURIED AT FRASERBURGH (KIRKTON) CEMETERY. HIS GAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “THY WILL BE DONE”.
First name:
PETER
Regiment:
Military Number:
768
Rank:
Deck Hand
Date Died
02/02/1915
Place died:
Fraserburgh (Kirkton) Cemetery, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Age:
31
