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PTE William Hubert Linnell

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PTE William Hubert Linnell Veteran

Birth
Walkerton, Bruce County, Ontario, Canada
Death
3 Mar 1959 (aged 71)
Vancouver, Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada
Burial
Burnaby, Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada Add to Map
Plot
Normandy Section
Memorial ID
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WW1 Canadian Attestation #181131, enlisted March 8 1916 Victoria, BC.
Next of kin changed from (father or brother) E.B. Linnell of Summerberry, SK to Mrs. E.B. Linnell of Glentworth, SK.
Single, farmer, Baptist. Ruddy complexion, brown eyes, black hair, 5'8-1/2".
Gunshot wounds thighs and legs Sept 29 1916 at Posiers, France. Considered medically unfit. Discharged June 12 1918.

(please note some ancestry trees have BC marriage in 1916 to Nina Sutherland. That Hubert Linnell is born in Portsmouth England with parents Hubert Linell and Elizabeth Ann Bell.)

BC Death Registration 1959-09-003324
Parents William Linnell and Harriet Mead, both born Ontario.
Single. 11 years in BC - Vancouver.
Retiring 1948, 29 years mixed farming.
Informant sister Alice H. Cooper, resides Winnipeg.
Burial in Field of Honour.
WW1 Canadian Attestation #181131, enlisted March 8 1916 Victoria, BC.
Next of kin changed from (father or brother) E.B. Linnell of Summerberry, SK to Mrs. E.B. Linnell of Glentworth, SK.
Single, farmer, Baptist. Ruddy complexion, brown eyes, black hair, 5'8-1/2".
Gunshot wounds thighs and legs Sept 29 1916 at Posiers, France. Considered medically unfit. Discharged June 12 1918.

(please note some ancestry trees have BC marriage in 1916 to Nina Sutherland. That Hubert Linnell is born in Portsmouth England with parents Hubert Linell and Elizabeth Ann Bell.)

BC Death Registration 1959-09-003324
Parents William Linnell and Harriet Mead, both born Ontario.
Single. 11 years in BC - Vancouver.
Retiring 1948, 29 years mixed farming.
Informant sister Alice H. Cooper, resides Winnipeg.
Burial in Field of Honour.


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  • Created by: Karen Hanna
  • Added: Oct 17, 2021
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/233130783/william_hubert-linnell: accessed ), memorial page for PTE William Hubert Linnell (9 Sep 1887–3 Mar 1959), Find a Grave Memorial ID 233130783, citing Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Burnaby, Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada; Maintained by Karen Hanna (contributor 48273566).