BORN YORK 1897. ONLY SON OF FREDERICK MENNELL (1863-1930) & SARAH ELIZABETH ESHELBY (1863-1927), OF 100 , CLARENDON STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). SON OF A FOREMAN FITTER AT THE RAILWAY ENGINEER DEPARTMENT. HE HAD ONE SISTER, EDITH. HE WAS A STUDENT.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 10TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 02/11/1916, AGED 19. COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, SOMME, FRANCE, TO THE MISSING. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, ELIZABETH.
HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON ST MATTHEWS CHURCH, WW1 MEMORIAL, BOULEVARD AND THE HULL TECHNICAL COLLEGE MEMORIAL.
First name:
ROY WALTER
Military Number:
43101
Rank:
Private
Date Died
02/11/1916
Place died:
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
Age:
19
