Dartmouth Soldier’s Death in France The sad news reached Dartmouth yesterday morning of the death in France of Private Albert George Burnell, second son of Mr and Mrs W Burnell of the General Post Office, Dartmouth. The deceased soldier was, prior to the outbreak of war, employed as an assistant in the grocery store of Mr Tyrer, Brixham, and in the early stages of the conflict enlisted with the 8th Devons. Yesterday Mrs J Harris, deceased’s eldest sister, received a letter from another brother, Private Edwin John Burnell, of the 9th Devons, stating that his brother had been instantaneously killed by shrapnel whilst on sentry duty on 10th inst. The letter also stated that on the following day he was notified of his brother’s death and saw his body at the mortuary, the funeral taking place at half past three o’clock in the afternoon with full honours. The deceased soldier was in his twenty-eighth year. (Extracts from Dartmouth & South Hams Chronicle) Buried at Dartmoor Cemetery, Becordel-Becourt, France Brother of Devonshire Regiment Lance Corporal Edwin John Burnell (KIA France, October 4 1917) and Rifle Brigade Lance Corporal William Robert Burnell (KIA France, August 14 1917)
Nicholas Fanelli