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Personal data

• Name SUMMERELL
• Initials W
• First name WILLIAM
• Place of birth Amble
• Country Northumberland, England
• Last residence 13 Long Row, North Radcliffe, Northumberland
• Family Eldest son of Tom and Margaret Summerell, of Amble, Acklington; a brother
• Profession miner
• Extra info Husband of W. Summerell, of 13, Long Row North, Radcliffe, Acklington, Northumberland; two children;

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment October 1914, Alnwick
• Service number 2497
• Rank Private
• Regiment and unit 1st/7th Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers "A" Coy.
• Division - Brigade 149th Brigade
• Army - Corps - Division 50th Division
• National force B.E.F.
• Other data related to military career To France on 28 June 1915; wounded September 1915, Rouen hospital; back to the trenches December 1915

Death

• Wounded 22 February, Canny Hill trenches, while repairing wire entanglements; shot in the back by a sniper
• Type of wounds Died of gunshot wounds in the back, at 6.15 am, three hours after being brought in
• Date of death 22 February 1916
• Died at the age of 35
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery IV - D - 21A

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