BORN HULL 1895. SON OF JAMES DONNELLY (1862-1922) AND FRANCES ROBINSON (1865-1915), OF 12, SWANN STREET, HULL & 2, WILBERFORCE GROVE, NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD THREE SISTERS AND A YOUNGER BROTHER JAMES. BEFORE THE WAR HE WAS A MESSENGER BOY AND POST OFFICE WORKER.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. WENT TO FRANCE WITH COLONEL SHAW AND THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRES 0N 17/04/1915. WAS TWICE WOUNDED. INVALIDED HOME IN DECEMBER AND RETURNED TO HIS UNIT. KILLED WITH TWO OTHERS WHEN A SHELL EXPLODED IN THEIR TRENCH, ON 11/09/1917, AGED 22.
HIS ARMY EFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS SISTER, FRANCES HEWITT.
HIS NAME WAS INCLUDED ON THE STREET ROLL OF HONOUR, AND ON ST CHARLES BORROMEO CHURCH MEMORIAL, JARRATT STREET, HULL.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 27/09/1917.
