BORN HULL 15/3/1897. SON OF THOMAS ROSEWALE PURNELL (1865-1962) & MARGARET AGNES TURNER (1867-1898), OF 22 RONALD’S ROAD, HIGHBURY, NORTH LONDON. HE HAD ONE BROTHER AND TWO SISTERS. HE ENLISTED IN LONDON. SERVED AS LANCE CORPORAL, WITH THE 1ST DORSET REGIMENT.
HE WAS KILLED AT AMIENS, ON 19/04/1916, AGED 19. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, THOMAS.
First name:
THOMAS FREDERICK
Regiment:
Military Number:
9281
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Date Died
19/04/1916
Place died:
St. Pierre Cemetery, Amiens, Somme France
Age:
19
