BORN HULL 1892. 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.
PTE, PETER CANNELL, 15679, 10TH WYR, WAS KILLED ON THE 1ST JULY 1916, AGED 23.
HIS ELDER BROTHER, JOHN CANNELL WAS A REGULAR SOLDIER, WHO SERVED IN INDIA AS NO:641 2ND EAST YORKSHIRE REGIEMNT (1911 CENSUS). HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION ON 22ND MAY 1915, AGED 26, AND IS BURIED AT HAZEBROUCK.
First name:
PETER
Military Number:
15679
Rank:
Private
Date Died
01/07/1916
Place died:
DANTZIG ALLEY BRITISH CEMETERY, MAMETZ
Age:
23
