Sergeant 8671 Augustus MURRELL, MM

Sergeant 8671 Augustus Murrell, MM{gallery}Sgt A Murrell{/gallery}112th Company, Machine Gun Corps. Formerly Sgt 22731 Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry
Killed in action in France and Flanders, 8th October 1917, aged 34

• Buried: New Irish Farm Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Grave XXXII.E.3
  
• Awarded: Military Medal (Gazetted 12 Mar 1917), British War and Victory Medals
  
• Son of Joseph and Emily Murrell [nee Harris]
  
• Husband of Gladys C Murrell [nee Muir]. Married Apr Qtr 1911 at Nuneaton
• NNWFHS Memorial: Chapel End and Nuneaton Other Regiments
  

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Sergeant Murrell
• NNWFHS Chapel End War Memorial Page
• New Irish Farm Cemetery
• Machine Gun Corps

1911 Census and Family History Information

• Born c1883 at Pimlico, London
  
• Lived with his aunt and uncle at Ivy Dene, Camp Hill Road, Nuneaton [1911]
  
• Employed as a coal miner [1911]
• Enlisted at Nuneaton