Name	Merrick Hugh McCONNEL
Rank/Number	Major
Regiment/Unit	Royal Field Artillery / B Bty 295th Battalion
Enlisted
Age/Date of death	32 / 14 Sep 1917
How died/Theatre of war	Died of wounds / France & Flanders
Residence at death
Cemetery	Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Poperinge, Belgium
Grave Reference	XIX.B.3
Location of memorial	Holmer Green
Date/Place of birth	c1885 / Blainow Festiniog, Monmouth
Date/Place of baptism
Occupation of Casualty
Parents/Occupation	Wm Houldsworth McConnel & Florence MG / slate mining manager/director
Parents' Address	Heath End House, Basingstoke [Hants]
Wife	Mary Claire McConnel nee Belfield
Wife's Address	Polydores, Holmer Green
Notes	educated at Winchester; mentioned in despatches; father Secretary of Talyllyn Railway Co in 1891