Leonard Swift Carnell
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Father, Edmund age 39. Born in Radcliffe, Nottingham. Occupation General Labourer. Mother, Sarah Ann age 48. Born in Thoroton, Nottingham. Siblings, Fredrick A age 17. Born in Lincoln. Occupation Hosiery Machinist, Elizabeth age 15. Born in Lincoln. Occupation Machinist Shirt Making, Sydney age 13, Beatrice age 11, Winifred Annie age 6, Edmund age 1. All school age were born in Nottingham. Address, 6 Doncaster Terrace, Nottingham. 1911; Edmund snr now a Warehouseman, Sydney a Bookbinder, Beatrice a Blouse Machinist, Winifred Annie Dry Powders, Leonard a Grocers Assistant. Address, 114 Woolmer Road, Nottingham. Leonard enlisted 11/11/1914 when living at 59 Holgate Road, Meadows, Within his service records are letters asking for news of him
Pte. Carnell landed in France on 18th May 1915 , he was killed in action on 30th July 1916 at the start of the Third Battle of Tpres. His body was never recovered, but his name was commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres.
In memoriam published 31st July 1916 in the Nottingham Evening Post :- “CARNELL. – Leonard Swift Carnell, K.R.R., son of Mr. and Mrs. Carnell, 33, Mundella-road, missing and wounded July 30th, 1915, now reported dead July 20th, 1916. Until the day breaks.” Above in memoriam is courtesy of Jim Grundy and his facebook pages Small Town Great War Hucknall 1914-1918
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