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Yarmouth Connections
Name:
Chester Pannell
Regimental Number:
931187
Rank:
Private
Battalion:
No. 2 Construction Battalion
Date of Birth:
May 24, 1897
Place of Birth:
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
Trade:
Labourer
Marital Status:
Single
Date of Enlistment:
August 22, 1916
Place of Enlistment:
Pictou, Nova Scotia
Address at Enlistment:
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
Age at Enlistment:
19
Height: 5 Feet 7½ Inches
Trade:
Labourer
Marital Status:
Single
Religion:
Baptist
Next of Kin:
Sadie Pannell, (Sister) Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
Date of Death:
April 10, 1917
Cause of Death:
Died of Illness
Age at Death:
19
Cemetery:
Liverpool (Kirkdale) Cemetery, Lancashire, United Kingdom
Plot:
VI. C.E. 90.
Commemorated on Page 305 of the First World War Book of Remembrance
Displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on July 4
Chester Pannell was son of John Pannell and Abbie (Nichols) Pannell and brother of Hilda Pannell, Lydia
Mae Pannell and John Robert Pannill. (Records sometimes record the family name as Pannill) His
father was born in Alabama, USA, his mother was born in Plymouth, Yarmouth Co., NS.
Chester Pannell went overseas with the 2nd Construction Battalion on the SS Southland bound for
Liverpool, England in March 1917. He was taken ill on board ship and upon arrival was transported to
Stanley Auxiliary Hospital, Liverpool. He died on April 10, 1917 of pneumonia at the age of 19.
Chester Pannell