H.+CONNELL

34737 Private Herbert Connell of the 2/5 th  Battalion the Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding) Regiment. Died of wounds Thursday 12 September 1918, aged 36. Buried Ruyaulcourt Military Cemetery, France. Herbert Connell was born in Bramley, Leeds, Yorkshire. He enlisted at Chesterfield, Derbyshire on Saturday 23 October 1915 . At enlistment he gave his address as 419 The Blocks, Stonebroom, near Alfreton [Derbyshire]. The 1911 census records Herbert Connell as a General Carter.