BORN HULL 13/11/1897. SON OF ALBERT ROBERT THURNELL (1871-1932) & ANNIE AMELIA JENNISON (1871-1951), OF 14, WENTWORTH AVENUE, FIELD STREET, HULL AND 8, ABBEY STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD (PENSION LEDGER ADDRESS).
SON OF A LABOURER. ONE OF SIX CHILDREN. HE ENLISTED UNDERAGE IN LEEDS, USING HIS MIDDLE NAME ‘WILLIAM’. SERVED IN THE 11TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 02/04/1916, AGED 18. BURIED IN FRANCE. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, ANNIE.
HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE DANSOM LANE MEMORIAL, HULL.
HIS BROTHER, PRIVATE, ALBERT ROBERT THURNELL, 11TH EYR, WAS KILLED AT OPPY WOOD, ON 03/05/1917, AGED 23 (BUT NOT RECORDED ON THE DANSOM LANE MEMORIAL). HIS OTHER BROTHER, ERNEST THURNELL, DIED IN HULL IN 1918, AGED 14. HE LEFT SISTERS, SARAH JANE, ANNIE ROSE AND LILY.
