| EXALL, EXCELL and EXELL Surnames |
| A miscellany of information about the surnames |
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Those who lost their lives in the Boer War, WW1 and WW2;
dedicated to their memory. |
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Includes all known Exell and Exall casualties. No-one with the Excell is currently included.
If a casualty is commemorated on a panel at one of the CWGC cemeteries they have no known grave.
It was not unusual for casualties to have been buried with others from their regiments. Often there are two or
three sharing a grave. However, in a graveyard outside Wimereux we have seen some graves that contained up to nine men.
There are many memorials at the National Arboretum Memorial
›› See their website
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 Abbreviations |
DoW - Died of Wounds
KiA - Killed in Action |
Bde - Brigade
Bn - Battalion
Regt - Regiment
Bty - Battery
Sqdn - Squadron |
ToW - Theatre of War
F & F - France and Flanders
A/R/H - Army Roll of Honour |
d/o - daughter of
s/o - son of
Unm - Unmarried |
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| EXELL, Boer War Casualties |
EXELL, T
died 6 July 1900.
We know from the "Pall Mall Magazine" of 12 February 1898 that "the 2nd Battalion,
Berkshire Regiment left Aldershot for Southampton Docks to embark on the Avoca for Port
Elizabeth. The regiment will probably not return for 15 years."
Pte. T. Exell, 3994, 2nd Berkshire Regiment, has died at Bloemfontein (his death, of enteric
fever, was reported in numerous daily newspapers, including the "London Evening Standard",
11 July 1900 and "Berkshire Chronicle", Saturday 14 July 1900).
There is some confusion with the initial of this soldier as the Medal Rolls at TNA record
a "Private H. Exall Died Disease on 06/07/1900 at (Official casualty roll location:
Bloemfontein)". He was of "2 Battalion Princess Charlotte Of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment)".
He had the same service number.
›› Read a Report
in Hansard 4 March 1901 (vol 90 c368) about the Bloemfontein hospital
›› "Enteric
fever ... at Bloemfontein cost the British Army more lives then
the two severest battles of the war". |
| EXELL Casualties, WW1 & WW2 |
EXELL, Albert
Born 1890 Norton Malmesbury, WIL.
Service No: 25601
Musician
Band., Royal Garrison Artillery
Died Thursday, 25th October 1918.
s/o Mrs. Emily Exell (nee Older), of "Auchindoer," Highfield Rd., Bognor, Sussex. His father James died in 1919.
Albert was still living at home in 1901. The family had moved to 41, St Augustine Road, Portsmouth and afterwards moved to Bognor.
Cemetery: Gibraltar North Front Cemetery, also known as the Gibraltar Cemetery and the Garrison Cemetery.
Grave Reference/Panel Number: C. 4121.
Medal Roll (WO-372-7-3357) gives Rank as Gunner (see below)
British Medal Roll S/101A page 70
Remarks on medal card: B W & V Medals Rolls Reced. Correct Rank Gnr. Authy enclosure 53A |
EXELL, Charles
Born 1879 Harrow, MDX.
s/o Richard, a gardener and then a baker, and Mary Ann (nee Shirley) Exell who had married at Balham on 5
Apr 1874.
In both 1901 and 1911 Charles was employed as a domestic gardener, living in Streatham in 1901
and in 1911 was in Leytonstone. His mother had moved to Margate, where she ran a boarding house.
Resided at Streatham, Kent <sic> on enlistment.
Enlisted: Leyton, Essex.
Rifleman
Service No: R/20654
Theatre of war: France & Flanders
King's Royal Rifle Corps
Battalion etc.: "6th (City of London Battn.) the London Regiment, Affiliated To K.R.R.C."
KiA Saturday, 25th August 1918.
Medals awarded (from medal card) (WO/372/7):
Victory and British Medals. Roll M/101 B28 Page 3494 (for both).
Cemetery: Bronfay Farm Military Cemetery, Bray-Sur-Somme.
Grave: Plot II. Row G. Grave No. 38. |
EXELL, Charles Edwin
Born 1886 Thornbury, GLS [sometimes referred to as Edwin Charles].
Enlisted Bristol. Address was then Rhondda, Wales.
Private
Service No: 7467
1st Bn., Somerset Light Infantry
Killed in Action on Sunday, 2nd November 1914.
The Battalion had been in Colchester on 4 Aug 1914 : they were part of the 11th Bde. 4th Div.
which landed at le Havre on 22 August 1914.
"Bristol Times and Mirror", 26 December 1914:
"EXELL.—Killed in Action on November 2nd, CEE, Somerset Light Infantry, the beloved eldest
son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Exell, Woodbine, Crossways, Thornbury, Gloc., aged 28.
Rest in peace."
Medals: 1914 Star with Clasp, Victory Medal.
Also brother of Henry Hubert (below).
Memorial: Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium. This is a Memorial for Missing WW1 Soldiers.
Panel Number: Panel 3.
Also commemorated at St. Mary's Church, Thornbury. |
EXELL, Francis George M.M.
Born 11 Sep 1892, Reading, BRK.
Private 529 "C" Coy. 6th Bn., Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)
who was killed Thursday, 4th May 1917. Age 24.
s/o Alfred Joseph and Elizabeth Jane Exell, of 17, Mason St., Reading. He had four younger sisters,
one of whom was Andy's mother. He had moved to Tonbridge before WW1.
Buried: Faubourg D'Amiens Cemetery, Arras
Grave Reference: Plot V. Row D. Grave No. 8.
›› See our war Graves photos (Faubourg-D'Amiens Cemetery, Arras)
elsewhere on this site.
Medals:
The London Gazette, 22 January 1917, records that on Friday 19 January 1917 "HM the KING
has been graciously pleased to award the MM for bravery in the field to the undermentioned":
Supplement, Issue: 13043, p. 213, col. 1. 529 Pte. F. Excell, R. W. Kent R. [Note erroneous spelling]
Also mentioned on 19 January 1917, Supplement: 29912 Page: 831, col. 1.
Other medals (from TNA WO-372-7-3373.pdf):
1915 Star, British Medal, Victory Medal.
His medal card states that he entered France on 1 June 1915.
"Reading Mercury" 23 June 1917. Entry reads:
Private F. Exell
Private Frank Exell, Royal West Kent Regiment, son of Mr "Speck" Exell and Mrs Exell,
of 17 Mason Street, Reading, was killed in action in France on May 4. He joined at the outbreak of war
and had spent two years in France. Private Exell had won the Military Medal and was recommended for
another decoration for his pluck and stubbornness under fire in the Battle of Arras. He was 24 years
of age, and was educated at Holy Trinity School, Reading. He was formerly employed by Messers.
Petty and Sons, printers. His captain wrote:— "It is with feelings of deepest regret
that I have to inform you that your son, 529 Private Exell, was killed on May 4. At this period
the battalion was in action, but your son had been specially left out, since he had been in every
attack up till then with the battalion. We all thought we were perfectly safe, when an incendiary
shell hit our billet and unfortunately killed your son. The house was in flames almost immediately,
but fortunately we recovered his body and I myself was present at the funeral on May 5. He was a
very special favourite with us all, and he has twice accompanied me with small raiding parties.
He was my best Lewis gunner in the company, and we all feel his loss very keenly. The company joins
with me in expressing our real sympathy for you, as well as our sorrow in losing a comrade."
A lieutenant said:—"Your son has done as much for the Empire since war broke out as
anyone—and a good deal more than most".
Frank was originally commemorated on the first Tonbridge memorial (see right). He is commemorated today
on the WW1 left panel of the Tonbridge
Memorial Garden. Regimental casualties from both wars are remebered here.
Both the original memorial gave and the replacement gives only the casualty's
surname, as well as any decorations they were awarded, but no initials or first name(s). |
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The first war memorial in Tonbridge was unveiled on Mon 23 May 1921; 10,000 people attended.
There were 400 names, in lead letters, on the Sicilian marble plaques. It was reported that of the 3000
had joined the colours, 1 in 7 were deceased. So many wreaths around the base!
It was demolished in 1952. A roundabout now covers the site.
A family owned pendant, containing his photo. |
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EXELL, George
Born 1883 St. George's, East London.
Private
Service No: 2132
4th Bn., South Lancashire Regiment
who died on Wednesday, 5th April 1917. Age 33.
Son of Thomas, a basket maker, and Ann Exell (nee Casey) who married in the Fulham District in 1880.
In 1891 they and three of their children were living at 46, Boundary Road, Hammersmith. By 1909 his father's
whereabouts were unknown, though his mother was in Notting Hill with one son. His brother James was at
Hammersmith School.
Husband of Bridget Exell, of 7, Orchard St., Warrington. He had married Bridget Farrell at Warrington in 1902.
Bridget did not remarry and was buried in the same cemetery/grave as her husband. She passed away on 14 Feb 1944.
From the "Warrington Guardian", 14 April 1917 (extracts) and Army records:
Born and educated London. He had attended the Kensington and Chelsea District School followed by a period at
Exmouth on a Training ship.
His wife and 7 children were living 7 Orchard-street, Warrington. He had joined the South Lancashire Regiment
at Warkey in 1897, aged 14, serving as a rough rider. One Army form gave his occupation as Musician. He transferred
to the 8th Hussars in the Boer War and was awarded Queen Victoria's Medal and King Edward's medal for services,
having served 1900-02.
Joined the Territorials in 1914, re-enlisting at Warrington's Drill Hall on 6 August 1914. Entered the War on 13 Feb 1915.
He was selected to train Lieut-Colonel George R. Crossfield's horse. He had been employed by Messrs. Joseph Crossfield
and Sons before WW1.
In late Dec 1915 he was examined by the Army medical board. He was said to have been suffering from Phthisis (T.B.)
since Ypres in July 1915, caused by exposure and which had begun as bronchitis. He'd been sent to Etaples Hospital. Served a total of 22 years in the colours.
Invalidated home in January 1916 as suffered from chronic bronchitis and asthma at death.
3 brothers still serving (Trumpeter James Exell, Hussars; Driver T, Exell, M.T., A.S.C.; Driver Herbert Exell).
R.F.A. Funeral with full military honours.
Medal card (some medals already mentioned above):
S.W. B. List, T.H./434 [Silver War Badge, given to indicate he had served in the war].
Also awarded British and Victory Medals (both on Roll J/1/103 B/8 Page 1555) and the 1915 Star (Roll J1 /13B Page 686).
Cemetery: Warrington Cemetery, Lancashire.
Grave Reference: Plot X. Row RC. Grave No. 804.
His name is not on Joseph Crossfield's War Memorial in Warrington.
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EXELL, George Henry
Born 7 Feb 1878, Wotton under Edge, GLS.
Private
Service No: PLY/8584
Royal Marine Light Infantry
who died on Saturday, 25th April 1915.
Killed or died as a direct result of enemy action.
He was one of the sons of William and Mary Ann Exell, of 3, Gloucester Road, Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire.
He was recorded as a scholar in both the 1881 census (aged 3) and the 1891 census. By 1901 he was shown as —
Royal Navy At Sea and in Ports Abroad, Member of crew of "Monarch", a 3rd Class Screw Battleship
at Simon's Bay. He was still a Private R M L I, aged 23.
In 1911 he was a patient at the Royal Naval Hospital, East Stonehouse, aged 33.
"Gloucester Journal", 22 May 1915.
Amongst the local soldiers involved in the heavy fighting of the last few days, who were reported wounded
or missing, appear the following Wottonians:—Exell, George, Pte., Naval Division (Dardenelles)...
This was unfortunately published almost a month after his death, so possibly had taken some time to arrive.
"Cheltenham Chronicle", 19 February 1916.
It was very sad to hear this week that two Wotton-under-Edge soldiers who since May last have been
known to be "missing" are now officially stated to have been killed or missing in action. They
are Pte. G. Exell of the Royal Naval Division and Pte. H. King of the 4th Worcesters.... Pte. Exell, who
met his death in Gallipoli, served nineteen years with the Royal Marine Light Infantry, and went through
the South Africa Campaign. In the present war he was sent out to defend Antwerp, and on the fall of that
city succeeded in escaping to England with a remnant of the division. ...
Memorial: Helles Memorial. This is an obelisk over 30 metres high, on the tip of the Gallipoli Peninsula.
It was designed so that it can be seen by ships that pass through the Dardanelles.
Panel Number: Panel 2 to 7.
He is also named on Wotton Under Edge memorial. |
EXELL, Henry Hubert
Born 1892 Thornbury, GLS.
Pioneer
Service No: 128427
"M" Special Coy., Royal Engineers
DoW Sunday, 28th April 1918.
s/o Henry and Evelina Exell of Crossways, Thornbury, GLS and brother of Edwin Charles above.
He originally joined the Royal Field Artillery, C. Battery 72nd Brigade as a Driver,
No. 1963. He had enlisted at Bristol on 19 Aug 1914, having previously been employed as a grocer.
His military character had been good during his 169 days of service. The only blot on his record
was the minor misdemeanor of taking food into the barracks. However, he was discharged on 16 Feb
1915, aged 22 years 104 days; he was said to be unfit for service because of chronic rheumatism.
However, he re-enlisted.
Medals: His medal card records him as Harry H. Exell. It tells us that he was first with the R.A.S.C. (reg.
No. R.4.D/87561 ("M" SPEC. COY., R.E.), then with the Somerset Light Infantry (Service No.22075)
and finally with the Royal Engineers as Gnr 128427. He received the Victory and British Medals (on Roll
RE/101 B107, page 22905), TNA ref. WO 372/7/3392. This shows he served with four different
regiments, not three as his medal card suggests.
Cemetery: Etaples Military Cemetery.
Grave Reference: Plot LXVI. Row A. Grave No. 22.
Also commemorated inside St. Mary's Church, Thornbury. There is a memorial cross outside
the church, but there are no names on it.
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EXELL, Henry James
Born Willesden 23 Mar 1916.
Fusilier
Service No: 6468344
8th Bn., Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regt.)
DoW on Saturday, 11th March 1944. Age 27.
s/o William James Exell and Rose Exell; husband of Evelyn Doris Exell, nee Wheeler, of Hayes, Middlesex.
Before WW2 he had been employed in Artificial Stone Making as a Heavy Worker.
Became a Prisoner of War in Stalag 339. His number was 299.
He had been declared missing on 16 Feb 1944 and was found to be in a PoW in German hands the same day. He died
less than a month later.
Cemetery: Padua War Cemetery.
Grave Reference Plot III. Row B. Grave No. 1.
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EXELL, Herbert Stanley
Born
Private
Service No: 106641
49th Coy., Machine Gun Corps (Inf)
He had formerly served in the Hants. Regiment, No.15729.
In 1911 he was still at school, aged 12.
s/o Albert and Rose Exell, of 81, Folkestone Rd., Copnor, Portsmouth.
He was reported as missing or wounded on 25 Apr 1918 (British Red Cross & Order Of St John Enquiry List, Wounded & Missing, 1914-1919)
He died on Thursday, 25th April 1918. Age 19.
Memorial: Tyne Cot Memorial (Cemetery, Passchendaele - Zonnebeke).
This is NE of Ieper and one of four Memorials to the missing in Belgian Flanders.
Memorial Reference: Panel 154 to 159 and 163A. The panels can be seen on either side of the memorial cross.
Portsmouth City Council have produced a list of names of their war casualties from the First World War
and where they had lived.
Scroll down to Folkstone Road. |
EXELL, Noel Jardine
Born 6 December 1890
s/o Joseph Samuel Exell and Florence (nee Bidder). His father was Rector of Stoke Fleming for 20 years.
Baptised 15 Feb 1891 at Stoke Fleming.
Educated at Charterhouse, Godalming, where he lived at Bodeites.
Before the first world war he held a commission for a short time as 2nd Lt, 18th (Queen Mary's Own) Hussars
(1912 - March 1913).
Married Ellen Ruby Warwick, d. of Samuel Warwick of Truro, in 1912. She eventually remarried and passed away in 1920.
Rank: Captain
9th Bn., King's Royal Rifle Corps
DoW received in action on the same day - Saturday, 31st July 1915, aged 25.
Mentioned in Despatches, Meritorious Service Medals and Territorial Force Efficiency Medals.
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal.
Memorial: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West Flanders, Belgium.
Panel Number: Panel 51 and 53.
The postcard shows the interior of the Menin Gate, commemorating the very many soldiers of the allied forces
with no known grave who died in the Ypres Salient. It is another of four Memorials
in Belgian Flanders to the missing.
He is also commemorated at The War Memorial Chapel, Charterhouse School.
"West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser", 12 Aug 1915.
Died of wounds received the same day after bringing in a wounded officer, under fire, and whilst
endeavouring to bring in a wounded Rifleman.
Royal Cornwall Gazette, 12 Aug 1915. Late Capt. Noel J. Exell:
Major Hope, his commanding Officer, wrote:
"Your, husband died a glorious death. He was mortally wounded after bringing in one wounded officer
and while endeavouring to assist in a wounded Rifleman. He was a most gallant and skilful officer, and we all
mourn his loss." A fellow officer added:—"We have all been greatly impressed by your husband's
gallantry, and have a fine example to follow."
"Wimbledon News" 14 Aug 1915
On 31st July, in Flanders, mortally wounded while bringing in a wounded man, Capt Noel Jardine Exell, K.R.R.
only son of the Rev J. Exell of Stoke Fleming, and grandson of the late George Bidder, C.E., of Great George
street, Westminster and Ravensbury Park, Morden, Surrey.
"Hampshire Chronicle", 14 August 1915
DoW - Exell, Noel Jardine Died of Wounds, on 31st July ... and husband of Ruby Exell, aged 25.
Probate: 1916 EXCELL Noel Jardini <sic> of Aldershot Hampshire temporary captain 9th service battalion
King's Royal Rifles died 31 July 1915 in France or Belgium Probate London 22 January to the Public Trustee.
His actual Will, written 26 Apr 1915, correctly records him as EXELL Noel Jardine. His wife was the sole beneficiary of his estate.
From: "King's Royal Rifle Corps Chronicle", 1900-1920:
—p.156: The Battalion, 756 strong, disembarked and were marched up to the camp by Major Hennessy, arriving
there at 3.40a.m. Early next morning (at 12.50a.m. we marched to Pont de Brique and entrained for Cassel, where
we arrived at 7.30 a.m. on the 22nd. Here we were joined by our transport, and proceeded to march to Zeggers Cappel.
The strength of the Battalion was 29 officers and 842 other ranks. [Captain Exell was in A Company.]
— p. 182 [1916] Killed in Action. Captain N. J. Exell - At Hooge - 30th July 1915.
— p.308. Roll of Honour. Captain N. J. Exell.
— p.327: Mentioned in Dispatches; 9th Battalion Temp. Captain N. J. Exell.
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EXELL, Percy
Born 1892 Staple Hill, GLS
Private
Service No: 10384
7th Bn., Gloucestershire Regiment
who died on Sunday, 8th August 1915. Age 25.
s/o John and Anna Exell, of 11, Wesley St., Sheene Rd., Bedminster, Bristol.
In 1911 he was employed as a porter by GWR.
"Western Daily Press" 7 February 1917.
Private Percy Exell.
Official News has recently been received by his parents, whose address is 11, Wesley Street,
Bedminster, of the death of Private Percy Exell, of the Gloucesters. Deceased has been missing since
August 1915, the official date of his death. Joining the colours within a fortnight of the proclamation
of war, Private Exell was a member of the ill-fated expeditionary force to the Dardenelles, and was many
to make the great sacrifice. He was a member of the Hebron (Bedminster) Young Men's Bible Class and was
employed at Messrs. Ashman and Co. Ltd, Broadmead.
Memorial: Helles Memorial. This is an obelisk over 30 metres high, on the tip of the Gallipoli
Peninsula. It was designed so that it can be seen by ships that pass through the Dardanelles.
Panel Number: Panel 101 to 104.
Bedminster's War Memorial was damaged in WW2 bombing and later demolished.
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EXELL, Percy H[erbert]
Born 1896 Wotton under Edge, GLS
s/o Frederick and Elizabeth Exell. Frederick (d.1900) and Elizabeth, who mar Henry Chillman in 1907.
Private
Service No: 1789
1st Bn., Gloucestershire Regiment.
who died on Sunday, 15th February 1915. Age 18.
s/o Mrs. Chillman, of 7, Bradley St., Wotton-under-Edge, Glos.
He was employed as a Grocer's errand boy in 1911.
"Gloucester Journal", 12 June 1915.
The following Wottonians have already laid down their lives in the defence of their country
during the present war:—Pte. Percy H. Exell, 1/3rd Glos. Regt.
Memorial: Le Touret Memorial, Richebourg-L'Avoue, Pas-de-Calais, France. This is a WW1 memorial and
commemorates servicemen who fell nearby before 25 September 1915 and who have no known grave.
Panel Number: Panel 17.
He is also named on Wotton Under Edge memorial. |
EXELL, Thomas Elias (Tom)
Born 6 Jul 1881 at Waungoch Row, Beaufort, Breconshire. This information from birth certificate.
s/o William, a coalminer, and Ann Exell (nee James). They married in 1878. Ann d. 1885 (see EXELL
Deaths 1837-1904, Crickhowell). The family then moved to Merthyr Tydfil. William Exell died in a nursing home there
in 1912. Unfortunately, census enumerators regularly recorded this family's surname as Excell and by 1911 Thomas,
or Tom, had become known as Tom Exall.
War Service:
Private
Enlisted Blackwood, Mon 28 June 1916.
Address when enlisted New Castle Hotel, Brynmawr, Brecon.
Occupation Haulier.
Age on Enlistment 36 years 5 months.
His records state that he had made Jennet Norris of the Foresters Hotel, a friend, his NoK.
Campaigns Expeditionary Force to France 1916.
Regiment: Cheshire Regiment, Unit Text: Depot
Died of sickness 12 February 1917, aged 36.
Service No: 46444
Grave/Memorial Reference: Gen. 7307 (Screen Wall).
Cemetery: Tottenham and Wood Green Cemetery
Please note that the memorial records him as Tom Exall but the name on his birth record
shows him to be Thomas Elias Exell.
In 1921 his wartime belongings were forwarded to Mr. F. Parry of the Forester's Arms,
including his medals although these were later returned.
Mr. Parry had written to the Army stating that he knew he had a father who lived at Merthyr
and had died a few years before. When he visited Tom at Edmonton Hospital he never had a
favourable reply regarding his belongings. Mr. Parry had even advertised for relatives.
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EXELL, Walter
Born Battersea
Rifleman
Service No: R/41856
1st Bn., King's Royal Rifle Corps
Theatre of war: France & Flanders
Killed Friday, 17th August 1918.
Foster s/o Mrs. Selina Wilton, of 14, Barchard St., Wandsworth, London.
Enlisted Camberwell
Weekly Casualty List (War Office, 24 September 1918)
Accidentally Killed
King's Royal Rifle Corps—Exell 41856 W. Battersea, S.W.
Medals:
Victory and British Medals, RollM/101B/35 Page 4322
Cemetery: St. Amand British Cemetery
Plot V. Row C. Grave No. 2.
Will of Walter Exell (died 17-8-1918), form for Nuncupative or Missing Will dated 19 March 1919.
—Letter/affidavit re Walter from Catherine Bracher of 5 Lothian Street, Clapham Junction,
(witnessed by F. V. Couch, R. C. Priest of Surrey House, Surrey Lane, Battersea and date 30 Dec 1918)
" ... it was about 26th of March 1918 or thereabouts he said to his Mother "I think
this is my final leave, as I hear we are going to France very shortly ; but if anything should
happen to me, I have made my Will leaving all to you, and all my belongings are for you.
My Will will be in in my small Book ; but I hope I shall come back, please God, Mum, to
look after you" I was in the room at the time as I had come to see Walter Exell
before he went away to Bid him farewell. That was at 16 High Street Battersea SW18."
Rev. Couch, the priest at the Silesian School in Battersea also wrote, endorsing Mrs. Bracker's statement. |
EXELL, William M. M.
Born 1895
Corporal
Service No: 235382
Theatre of War: France
Date of entry: 23 Mar 1915.
2nd Bn., Worcestershire Regiment. The Soldiers Died in the Great War database records
him as being in the 3rd Worcestershires.
Previously with the 1/5 Gloucester Regiment, No.1599.
Killed in action on Tuesday, 10th April 1918. Age 23.
Honours & awards: M M
Husband of Elizabeth Exell, of Gloucester St., Wootton-under-Edge, Glos. William had married
Elizabeth Marsh in 1917.
Medals awarded (WO 372/7/3404):
1915 Star, Roll L/5C Page 25. Victory and British Medals, Roll L/102 B10, page 21.01.
Cemetery: Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, Souchez.
Grave Reference: Plot XX. Row B. Grave No. 19.
He is also named on Wotton Under Edge memorial, as Exell, W. CH. M.M.
"Gloucester Journal", 2 June 1917. Gallantry in the Field.
The Military Medal is awarded to the following in the Gloucester Regiment—240127 Pte. (L. Corpl)
W. Exell (formerly 1599).
"Bristol Times and Mirror", 1 June 1918. Local War Items.
Corporal W. Exell, of Wotton-under-Edge, was officially reported wounded and missing in
France since April 10th.
"Bristol Times and Mirror", 28 Dec 1918. Local War Items.
In April last, Mrs. William Exell, of Wotton-under-Edge, was officially informed that her husband, Corporal Exell,
3rd Batt. Worcester Regt, was reported "wounded and missing." The War Office now state that an official
list of dead, received from Germany, includes Corporal Exell's name. The deceased soldier, who mobilised with
the local Territorials, had won the Military Medal.
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| EXELL Casualties, from Australia and New Zealand |
EXELL, Benjamin
Born Q3 1883 Kensington, London.
Private
Service No: 38003
2nd Bn., Wellington Regiment, N.Z.E.F.
Died on Friday, 5th October 1917, aged 34.
s/o Thomas Exell, of Herbertville, East Coast, New Zealand.
Benjamin's parents, Thomas Exell and Jane Salt, had married the Kensington district in Q2 1883. Thomas, a
plumber by trade, had been born in Berkshire in 1852. The family are believed to have emigrated to New
Zealand not long after Benjamin's birth. Thomas Exell's mother, Mary Anne, may have emigrated with them.
Cemetery: Nine Elms British Cemetery, Poperinghe, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Plot III. Row B. Grave No. 12. |
EXELL, Tom Ellis
Born 1921
Sergeant
Service No: 401305
Royal Australian Air Force
who died on Wednesday, 16th December 1942. Age 21.
s/o George Percival and Margaret Frances Exell, of Kensington, Victoria, Australia (who mar. 1920).
In 1930, when his parents divorced, it was reported that his father was then aged 50 years, a station manager,
formerly of King street Melbourne.
Memorial: Alamein Memorial, Egypt
Panel Number: Column 266.
"The Age" (Melbourne, AUS), Sat 27 May 1944.
His mother had passed away a few months before her son. In 1944 his sister, Peggy, included Tom on an In memoriam notice:
EXELL. In loving memory of mother, who passed away May 16, 1942, and my brother, killed in action December 18,
1942. For ever I'll remember. — Peggy..
The date published for Tom's death is two days late, but other references have been cross checked and the error is
unfortunately in the newspaper notice.
The WW1 record for his uncle, Thomas Stanley Pryse Exell, is immediately below. |
EXELL, Thomas Stanley Pryse
Born 1893 in Glen or Glenloth, Victoria, Australia
Trooper
Service No: 2758
3rd Anzac Bn., Imperial Camel Corps (Australian)
who died on Friday, 30th November 1917. Age 24.
s/o George and Jane [Mary Jane, nee Pryse] Exell, of 73, Nimmo St., Middle Park, Victoria, Australia.
"The Ballarat Courier", Thursday 7 June, 1917.
Two other Melton soldiers, viz., Pte W. Keating and Pte Thomas Exell, have been wounded in France.
"The Ballarat Courier", Tues 18 Dec 1917
PRIVATE THOS. EXELL
Pte Thomas Exell, of Melton, has been killed in action in France. He was the youngest of three soldier sons
of Mr Geo. Exell, of Melton.
"The Bacchus Marsh Express", Saturday 30 November 1918 (Family Notices).
In Memoriam. On Active Service.
EXELL.—In loving memory of our dear son, Trooper Thomas Stanley Pryce Exell (Tom) who died of wounds
received in Palestine, 30th Nov., 1917. Thy will be done. Inserted by his loving parents, Melton.
EXELL.—In memory of my dear pal, Pte. Tom Exell, who died of wounds, in Palestine, on Nov. 30th, 1917.
Ever remembered.
Inserted by his pal, Jim Masterson, Melton.
"Melbourne Argus", 6 Dec 1917
EXELL.- Died of wounds, in Palestine, Tom, aged 21 years, dearly loved son of George and M. J.
Exell, of Melton, and brother of Percy and Joe (wounded, on active service),...
Cemetery: Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt
Grave Reference: Plot O. Grave No. 41.
Visitor advice from CWGC (2026): travel here by private car or taxi. The cemetery gates
are kept closed, although unlocked, during working hours.
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| EXALL Casualties, WW1 & WW2 |
EXALL, Albert
Born Bermondsey 1880
s/o Frederick Exall of London (this from British Army, De Ruvigny's Roll Of Honour 1914-1918). His mother's maiden name
was Carter.
Brother of William James Exall, of 2, Grove Cottages, Falconer Rd., Bushey, Watford, Herts. who was given as next of kin.
Private
Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment), 1st Bn.
Service No: L/5473
Enlisted in the Royal West Kent Regiment of Foot on 11 Apr 1899; he had been a labourer before then.
Re-enlisted Section D 11 Apr 1911.
His regimental record, from his first stint with the regiment, lists a large number of offences, punishments
and fines (e.g. using insubordinate language to his superior officer, losing his clothing and ammunition,
being absent from a medical inspection, laughing on parade, sleeping at his post when acting as a sentinel
at Brackolei).
He was in South Africa (1901-2), Trincomali (1902) Columbo in 1904 and Hong Kong in 1905-06,
though it is not clear when he left the army for the first time.
In WW1 First World War he served in the Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment).
Enlisted London, MDX (Ref:WO 329/1447). He was than living in Walworth, S.E.
Medal card gives date of entry for Theatre of War as 15 Aug 1914.
Disembarkation date (in France) 15 Aug 1914.
In December 1914 he had been sent to Carisbrooke Castle suffering from frost bite.
KiA: 18 Apr 1915
Cemetery: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial
Memorial Reference: Panel 45 and 47
Medals: 1914 Star (WO 329/2466) (Roll E/2/1 Page 49), British and Victory Medals (Roll E/2/103B Page 5) |
EXALL, Cyril Richard H
Born 21 Aug 1916 at Bromley KEN
s/o Richard Exell, deceased and Eveline Clara, nee Overall; stepson of William George Bradford.
Nationality: United Kingdom
Date of Death: 8 Dec 1940
Regiment: Merchant Navy, S.S. Empire Jaguar (London)
Rank: Carpenter
Age: 24
In 1939 he and his wife were living at 81 Pascoe Road, Hither Green, Lewisham; he was a carpenter.
He had married Florence Long in 1937. She remarried in 1941.
Cemetery: Tower Hill Memorial, Memorial Reference: Panel 42.
The twenty four thousand of the Merchant Navy and Fishing Fleets, whose names were honoured on the walls
of this garden, gave their lives for their country and have no grave but the sea.
- Please note that this memorial has now been removed from the IWM register of war memorials (Tower Hamlets,
Tower Hill, Trinity Square Gardens EC3).
The above is from the CWG website.
Merchant Seamen's Campaign Medal Records 1939-1945:
Registry of Shipping and Seamen: Database of World War II Medals issued to Merchant Seamen.
Medal listing of Exall, Cyril Richard. Discharge number: R209889.
TNA: BT 395/1/30013.
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EXALL, John Arthur
Born p. of St. Nicholas Hereford 1883, the son of George and Jane Exall. He had two brothers and a sister.
In 1911 he was employed as a butler by Mrs Forrest of Marlow.
Enlisted at Denham 14 Oct 1914, aged 31 yrs 1m.
Appointed unpaid LCpl 4 Jan 1916.
Lance Corporal
Service No: C/380
Regiment: King's Royal Rifle Corps, 16th Bn.
His rifle was a Winchester.
Date of Death: 15 July 1916. He had served for 1 year 300 days.
Medals: British War Medal And Victory Medal
Cemetery: Thiepval Memorial.
See War Graves photos elsewhere on this site for another image.
Memorial Reference: Pier and Face 13 A and 13 B.
Also commemorated Marlow in All Saints Church (WMR 8310). There is a
memorial window above the names listed on a wooden plaque.
He had married Caroline Maud Harris in 1911. The couple had a daughter.
Probate: 1916 John Arthur Exall of Briarleigh Tork-road Great Marlow C.80 lance corporal (16th service) battalion
King's Royal Rifle Corps Adm (with Will) to Caroline Maude Exall widow.
Although his widow received a handkerchief and two photos after his death, the pictures were not his as
he had baby photos. His widow also believed money seemed to have been missing from the returned effects.
This information from: WO 363 - First World War Service Records 'Burnt Documents'.
He was one of the brothers of Albert Ernest EXALL (see below), who emigrated to Canada.
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EXALL, Norman John
Born 13 Jan 1919 in Camberwell.
s/o Henry and Ethel Maud Exall, of Camberwell, London. In 1921 the family were living at
159 Southampton Street but by 1939 had moved to 31 Bentley House, Camberwell. Norman was
then a Warehouseman whilst his father was an Ambulance Driver and an A R P Warden.
Private
Service No: 6144439
East Surrey Regiment, 1/6th Bn.
Theatre of war: France and Belgium Campaign, 1939/40. He was part of the Expeditionary Forces
[from WO 417/13 British Army Casualty Lists 1939-1945, Casualty Lists - Other Ranks 227 - 242.
KiA: 30 May 1940, aged 21.
Cemetery: Oostduinkerke Communal Cemetery.
Grave Reference: Row E. Grave 107.
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EXALL, Richard
Born 1890 Deptford, Kent
Serjeant.
Regiment: London Regiment, 20th Bn.
He had previously served in the 1914 corps 1/20 Lond. R. Sgt. 631479 and 1/20 Lond. R. Sgt. 3731.
Theatre of War: 1a (France & Flanders).
Date of Death: 9 Sep 1918. Age: 30 [sic]
Service No: 631479
s/o Henry W. Exall, of Dulwich, London and his wife Susan; husband of Mrs. Exall, of 10, Plymouth Rd., Bromley, Kent.
The 1911 census shows him at 7 Brick St London W, where he was employed as a barman. He married Eveline Clara Overall
in Bromley District in late 1915. 2 children (see Cyril Richard H above).
Medals: British War Medal And Victory Medal
Cemetery: Etretat Churchyard Extension (Seine-Maritime, France)
Grave Reference: Plot II. Row F. Grave No. 16.
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EXALL, Richard Douglas
Born Tottenham 1887.
s/o Arthur and Rebecca Exall of Tottenham.
m. Matilda Gibson 3 Feb 1909 at Lewisham. Four children.
Service No: 50201
Rank Gunner, Driver
Second rank Driver
Regiment: Royal Field Artillery, 5th Reserve Bde.
Campaigns: Expeditionary Force France 1915 and 1916.
Discharged 1 Mar 1917 at Woolwich as no longer physically fit for war service. A painter by trade,
his intended address was 43 Davids Road, Forest Hill where his family lived (in 1921 Matilda's brother, also a
painter, had moved into the house).
Richard was of good military character, steady and sober (information from Army Form B. 268).
Later moved to Downs Sanatorium, Sutton, Surrey.
Date of Death: 20 Mar 1918, aged 30.
Medals: British War Medal And Victory Medal
Cemetery: Lewisham (Ladywell) Cemetery
Grave/Memorial Reference: D. 3181. |
EXALL, Sydney Ernest
Born 1894 in Shoreditch.
s/o Thomas Exall, a Wine cooper, and Katie Floella (nee Meadows). Later lived in Hoxton.
In 1911 he was employer as an Improver, so he was probably improving his skills before becoming a Journeyman.
Private
Service No: 282329
London Regt (Royal Fusiliers), 2nd/4th Bn.
Enlisted Shoreditch.
Theatre of war: France & Flanders
British War Medal And Victory Medal TNA WO 329/1910
KiA: 15 May 1917
Cemetery: Arras Memorial, Bay 9.
›› There is a photo of some of the bays at the Faubourg-D'Amiens Cemetery, Arras elsewhere on this site. |
EXALL, Tom
The 1911 census and his Army and probate records show him as EXALL but his birth certificate records him as EXELL.
See EXELL, Thomas Elias above. |
EXALL, Thomas Augustine
Born Cork 14 July 1895. This information is from a legal insurance document he took out (TNA ref: ADM 363/39/63).
He joined the Navy on 19 Apr 1914, for 12 years.
Service no. K22303.
He became Stoker First Class on 9 Mar 1915. Records show he was of very good character.
This information also from Admiralty: Royal Navy Registers Of Seamen's Services, ADM 363/39/63
and ADM 188/911/22303, TNA (the second record ended in 1928).
He re-engaged 19 Apr 1936 as Sto.1.(Pensr) vide Off No.... D/K.X.88719.
Stoker 1st Class
Royal Navy, H.M.S. Adventure
Service No: D/KX 88719, previously K.22303 (this earlier reference from British Royal Navy & Royal
Marines Service And Pension Records, 1704-1939, ADM 363/39/63 which provides both Service numbers as well as birth details).
Date of Death: 13 Nov 1939, aged 40 [sic, he was 44.].
Commemorated Plymouth (Weston Mill) Cemetery.
Grave Reference: Sec. C. R.C. Plot. Grave 14619.
The headstone also includes: and Beloved Wife Jennie 25th June 1980 Aged 78 R.I.P.
The National Museum of the Royal Navy, British Royal Navy Casualty Logs 1939-1945, RNM 2005/38/1/1.
H.M.S. Adventure
832/40 Exall Thomas Pens[ion] DIKX 88719 Stoker 1st Cl Death approx.13 Nov 1939 At Sea. Struck a Mine. Killed.
"Daily Express", 8 Jan 1940. Fleet Air Arm Men Named in Naval Casualty List
Ratings. Killed. Exall, Thomas (Stoker, 1st Class).
"Birmingham Daily Post", 8 January 1940. Ratings killed.
Thomas Exall, stoker, 1st class. Another paper provided the ref. D/MX 88719.
"South Wales Echo", 12 November 1997.
HMS Adventure, a cruiser minelayer, was torpedoed on 13 November 1939*. Two of his daughters
wrote that the ship's captain had said he 'was a great loss to his ship, the Navy and country',
adding that he was a loss to everyone who knew and loved him.
*Another sailor on boarded stated that this ship was torpedoed in the early hours of the 13 November
when the ship was probably off the Essex coast and returning to Portsmouth.
Also see: Joiners of the Royal Navy 1894-1923 (1913 - 1923) (Augustine) |
EXALL, Thomas David
Born 1920 in Bermondsey, London.
Able Seaman
Merchant Navy, S.S. Runa (Glasgow)
Age: 21
Date of Death: 21 Sep 1941
s/o Violet, nee McLean (d.1930) and Thomas Exall.
Cemetery: Tower Hill Memorial
Memorial Reference: Panel 89.
One of the losses in the Battle of the Atlantic.
SS Runa was a cargo steamship that was part of a convoy off the Azores when hit by a
torpedo on 21 Sep 1941. Fourteen of the 23 on board were lost.
"Streatham News", 24 Feb 1942.
Toll of the Sea. Two Tooting Sailor Heroes.
The deaths of ... Able Seaman Thomas David Exall (aged 22), Cowick-road, Tooting, while
serving in the Merchant Naval Service, have been reported. A.B. Exall attended Hutton Residential
L.C.C. Orphanage. He joined the Merchant Service on the outbreak of war, before which he was on a
training ship. |
EXALL, William Henry
Born Llangynwyd, GLA 14 Aug 1898.
s/o William and Alice Exall of Maesteg.
Baptised 7 Sep 1898.
William Henry was one of five children of William and Alice. Unfortunately, William was killed in a disastrous
fire at the Constitutional Club in 1907, where the couple worked as steward and stewardess and where the family lived.
A trust as set for the children ("Glamorgan Gazette", 31 Mar 1911) but by 1911 Mrs Exell had not received
any money from this fund. Her situation was desperate, so she finally appealed. An order was then put in place for
her to receive 7s. 6d per. week - 1s. and 6d for each child.
In the 1911 census William was living with his aunt and uncle in Manselton, Swansea and attended the local school.
Enlisted Maesteg
Private
Service No: 1733
Welsh Regiment, 6th Bn.
Previous unit: 1733 Welch R. Pte Infantry Base Depot.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
KiA: 16 Mar 1916
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal And Victory Medal
Cemetery: Bully-Grenay Communal Cemetery, British Extension
Grave Reference: Plot V. Row G. Grave No. 17.
Also commemorated 6th Battn Welch Regt WW1 (WMR 36974) Swansea, West Glamorgan.
Commemorated by the Maesteg Servicemen Statue (WMR 6767), Maesteg, Mid Glamorgan. This is outside St David's Church, on
the corner of Talbot Street and High Street at the centre of Maesteg. |
| EXALL Casualties, from Canada and South Africa |
EXALL, Albert Ernest
Born 24 Apr 1890 Leominster, HEF
s/o George and Elizabeth Jane Exall.
He was 10 months old in the 1891 census.
He was one of the brothers of John Arthur (see above). His parents were living in Hereford
with eight of their children in 1901.
Occupation prior to enlisting: Teacher.
On 23 Jul 1910 an A. E. Exall, aged 20, left London bound for Winnipeg, via Montreal, on the Corinthian
(Allan Line Steamship Co Ltd), although it is not known if this was the same person.
Private
Date of Death: 9 Apr 1917.
Age: 27
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regt.)
Service No: 489805
Nationality: Canadian
On the day he was killed the regiment was at Vimy Ridge. This was the first day of "The First Battle of Arrras.".
View from the Vimy Ridge memorial, 1998.
Some of the battlefield is preserved here, including trenches.
Cemetery: Lievin Communal Cemetery Extension.
Grave Reference: Plot IV. Row B. Grave No. 20. |
EXALL, Lindsay Howard
Born 1896
Service No: 17506
4th Regt. South African Infantry
Date of Death: 8 Oct 1918
Age: 22
s/o Alfred Henry** and Helen Ann Exall, of Durban, Natal. Henry (a Bricklayer by trade)
and his wife Helen Anne (nee Horne) were Married 28 June 1875 at a Private House in Durban.
Cemetery: Beaurevoir British Cemetery, Aisne, France.
Grave Reference: Plot I. Row B. Grave. 17.
He was placed in this cemetery on 11 Feb 1921.
Inscription "To Live In The Memory Of Those He Left Behind Is Not To Die"
NoK Mr. W. R. Exell, Draton, Eastern Transvaal.
Also see Beaurevoir British Cemetery)
**Alfred Henry Exell, Lindsay Howard's father, was c. at St. Mary Reading in 1845
(20 Jan 1845 s/o Henry and Ann Margaret, nee Holloway). The family were not found in
the British 1851 census. |
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All images © Ann Andrews collection.
Researched by Ann Andrews from the following sources:
- ONS Birth, Marriage and Death Indexes - for deaths see Casualties of War, WW1 & WW2 - refs
and the large database of Exall/Exall/Excell surnames of BMD compiled by Andy which has proved to be invaluable. Especially so
to find the correct surname as opposed to the spellings that some census enumerators had written down.
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission material, both before and after it became available online.
- "Soldiers Died in the Great War" 1914-1919
database © Naval and Military Press Ltd 2006.
- "Army Roll of Honour" 1939-45 database © Naval and Military Press Ltd 2006.
- Some death certificates.
- Census returns of Great Britain, 1881 - 1911, with occasional dips into the 1871 census.
- The London Gazette.
- TNA, WO 372/ - WW1 Campaign Medals. And other documents.
- Visits to various war memorial sites and graveyards.
- Correspondence with others (see below).
- Personal and family papers, including those saved by both Andy's late mother and father as well as
some of his medals from the late Frank Cleon Gear - also a nephew of Francis George Exell.
- TNA WO 363/ (the Burnt/Unburnt Documents) has also been checked for some casualties but a complete
search has not been undertaken at this time.
- Newspapers of the day.
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