Alfred Henry Chell

Alfred Henry Chell was born in 1887 at Kneesall and was the son of George Russell a Church of England priest and Alice Pope Chell née Haines they lived at The Vicarage Kneesall. His father George Russell was born in 1836 at Lydbrook, Gloucestershire and his mother Alice Pope Haines was born in 1849 at Dudley Port, Staffordshire, she died on 1st April 1916 in Northampton they were married on 30th August 1877 at All Saints Church, West Bromwich and went on to have the following children, George Russell Haines b1878, John Whley b1880 died 196, Mary Dorothea b1884, Alfred Henry b1887 and Harold born 1890 all were born in Kneesall. In the 1911 census the family are living at Kneesall and are shown as George Russell Chell 75 yrs a Church of England priest, he is living with his wife Alice Pope 62 yrs and their children, Mary Dorothea 27 yrs no occupation, Alfred Henry 24 yrs a farmer and Harold 21 yrs a medical student. His probate was proven on 14th May 1917 at London and shows him as Alfred Henry Chell 136 The Grove, Ealing, Middlesex Private 1/13th London Regiment, died on the 10th October 1916 in France on active service, his effects of £1460, 5 shillings were left to The Reverend George Russell Chell, clerk.