O'Connell, Alfred Pallister

Pte, Alfred O’Connell, 2nd Border Regiment

BORN BEVERLEY 1891. SON OF JONATHAN AND ALICE O’CONNELL. THIRD OF FOUR SONS. A FARM WORKER. HUSBAND OF ETHEL O’CONNELL, OF 36 BECK BANK, COTTINGHAM (CWGC ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 4881 EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE TRANSFERRED TO THE 2ND BORDER REGIMENT. HE DIED IN ITALY, ON 14/11/1918, AGED 25, THREE DAYS AFTER THE WAR ENDED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, ETHEL. HE IS BURIED AT BORDIGHERA BRITISH CEMETERY, ITALY. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, ” HE RESTS IN PEACE”.


First name:
ALFRED PALLISTER
Military Number:
241894
Rank:
Private
Date Died
14/11/1918
Place died:
Bordighera British Cemetery, Italy
Age:
25
36 BECK BANK, COTTINGHAM, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK