RICHARD+HARVEY+PELL

Pell, Richard Harvey, Lance Corporal, 21003, 4th Battalion, Grenadier Guards Disembarked for service 15th August 1915 Born Ashley, Northamptonshire Enlisted Derby Died of wounds 28th September 1916 aged 28 Son of Richard and Annie Pell, of Ashley, Northants Buried in Cardiff (Cathays) Cemetery, Glamorganshire

1911 Census A police constable Boarding at the home of Sarah Ellen Brocklehurst, of Fairy Bank, Hayfield, Derbyshire

Ashbourne News, 6th October 1916 Richard Pell was a police constable stationed at Roston, near Ashbourne. With the permission of the Chief Constable of the Derbyshire Constabulary, he enlisted in the Grenadier Guards in November, 1914. He was sent out to France as part of a draft of reinforcements, and took part in many severe engagements. It was in the Somme offensive that he received 22 wounds, including a broken arm, broken leg and several fractured ribs. He was removed in a helpless condition to Rouen, and from there to Cardiff Hospital, where he finally succumbed to his wounds. He had been promoted on the field a few days before he received his fatal injuries.


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