| Surname: | Parnell |
| Initials: | D L |
| Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Army Number: | P/15310 |
| Notes: | MFP. Served Home. 19/11/1915 enlisted, army reserve 20/11/1915 to 24/6/1917, Home 25/6/1917 to 2/12/1918 discharged no longer physically fit. Age 18.7 years, born Clapham, occupation clerk, Address: absent voters list 1918, 23 Abbeville Road, Clapham, London SW 4. 5/9/1917 to 359 Labour Company, Labour Corps, No. 363054, 30/4/1918 to MFP. 2/12/1918 discharged, suffered from VDH (valvular disease of the heart). Info from Pension Index Cards:- Parnell, David Lumsden, MFP, P/15310, Labour Corps, 65833, A Reserve, 2/12/18 to discharge, SFJ.1391, 23 Abbeville Road, Clapham Common, London SW 4. Stamp: Ad 21/12/18 at 8/3 from 3/12/18 to 3/5/19, Chelsea no. VV50.1856, received, 23/12/18. File destroyed 10/5/27. Also:- D1. DEPENDANT'S PENSION. passed to region Xi, London 24/6/21, DFJ.84. 1. David Lumsden, P/15310, A/L/Cpl, MFP, 27/3/19 pneumonia, 2. Richard, 512197, County of London Regt, 8/12/17 Killed in Action. Dependant: Walter Frank Parnell, 23 Abbeville Road, Clapham Park, London SW 4. father deceased. Also:- SB35D. D/81. 11/PP/3108. 1. Parnell, David Lumsden, P/15310, L/Cpl, MFP, DIED 27/3/19 disease 2. Parnell Richard, 14 London Regt, 512197, Sgt, KIA 8/12/17 (buried Jerusalem War Cemetery, grave U.55.) CLAIMANTS:- Parnell, Walter H, age 54, Parnell, Elizabeth, age 58, 23 Abberville Road, Clapham, London SW 4. father, mother. 20/- + 3/- bonus. To slip 29/7/39. David Lumsden Parnell. |
Decoration Record: | |
| Decoration: | Silver War Badge (London Gazette: WO 329/3243 Page: List MPC/111 Jan. 14, 1919) |
| Citation: | Badge No. B84777. Enlisted 25/6/1917, discharged 2/12/1918. WO letter 60/B 392 (xvi) Medal Branch A.G 10 dated 19-12-1918. Age 21years 8months. Served home. |