BORN GOOLE 1889. GRANDSON OF WILLIAM AND SARAH JANE KASSELL, OF GOOLE.
BEFORE THE WAR THE WORKED AS A MASTER PAINTER. HE LIVED IN HARROGATE AND LEEDS. HE ALSO LIVED WITH HIS AUNTIE, ALICE KASSELL AT 4, AMYS CRESCENT, SOMERSCALES STREET, HULL IN 1911 AND AT THIS ADDRESS.
HE MARRIED ADA DICKENSON (BORN 4 DEC 1891), AT SCULCOATES IN 1911. SHE LIVED AT 72, DAY STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
HE ENLISTED ON 7 AUG 1914. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 16 APRIL 1915. SERVED WITH THE 1/5TH WEST YORKSGIRE REGIMENT. WOUNDED IN 1915. DISCHARGED ON 6 MAY 1916. DIED OF TUBERLOCIS, ON 26 AUG 1916, AGED 27.
BURIED IN HULL WESTERN CEMETERY.
HIS NAME, WAS SPELT P. KESSEL, WYR, AND RECORDED ON THE WAR MEMORIAL AT ST THOMAS CHURCH, CAMPBELL STREET, WHICH WAS DESTROYED IN AN AIR RAID DURING WW2. NOTE: HIS SURNAME IS SPELT “KASSELL” IN CWGC RECORDS AND “CASSELL” IN HIS MEDAL ROLL INDEX.
