Name | John George Andell |
Service number | 24558 |
Rank – including any promotions, with dates | Acting Colour Sergeant |
Regiment | Northumberland Fusiliers |
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Postings | 17 August 1915 Balkans |
Wounds |
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Silver War Badge? (WWI) | Yes Badge No 279467 |
PoW Info. Etc. |
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Date of Discharge | 2 November 1917 |
Other Information | Record states: Sickness |
Birthplace | Bishop Auckland |
Date of birth | 7 December 1875 |
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Lived | 1939 Register – 2 Waldron Street, Bishop Auckland |
Parents | William and Elizabeth Andell |
+ address | 6 High Tenters Street, Bishop Auckland |
Wife | Isabella Railton |
+ address | 6 High Tenters Street, Bishop Auckland |
Children | William 1903; John 1909: Joseph 1911; Elizabeth 1914 George 1921 |
Occupation | Aged 15 Printers apprentice; 1911 Coal Miner: 1914 Chimney Sweep |
Medals – held in collection Citations | Queens South Africa Medal with 5 bars 1914/15 Star 1914/18 British War Medal 1914/1918 Victory Medal |
Medals – others awarded but not held in collection |
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Citations/Notes | Northumberland Fusiliers Service Medal awards – 24558 Pte J G Andell Acting Sargeant 1st GB Northumberland Fusiliers
Victory Medal and BWM listed as 2nd Northumberland Fusiliers |
How died – not known, at home, of wounds, killed in action |
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Date of death | 1948 |
Age | 73 |
Memorial |
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Cemetery – plot, row and grave |
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States on 1939 Register that John George Andell – Totally incapacitated
1914 Kelly’s Directory – listed a Chimney Sweep at 8 High Tenters Terrace
J G Andell does not appear on his family 1901 census or that of Isabella Railton cannot find him – I have no access to Boer War records
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