Edward Parnell (sport shooter)

Edward Parnell

Personal information
Born	(1875-06-21)21 June 1875 Bovey Tracey, Devon, England
Died	Paignton, Torbay, England
Sport
Sport	Sports shooting
Medal record Men's shooting Representing United Kingdom Olympic Games 1912 Stockholm Team military rifle

Edward Louis Parnell (21 June 1875 – 2 February 1941) was a British sport shooter who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. He was born at Bovey Tracey, Devon, England.

Olympics

In 1912 he won the silver medal with the British team in the team military rifle competition. In the 600 metre free rifle event he finished 18th, and in the 300 metre military rifle, three positions he finished 56th.

Military career

Parnell was a commissioned officer in the British Army's 2nd (South) Middlesex Volunteer Reserve Corps pre-1908, a unit with a high reputation for rifle sports marksmanship in British Army military circles. Post-1908 he served with the 13th London Regiment (The Kensingtons), Territorial Force. He was mobilised on 4 August 1914, and went out to the Western Front as a Captain with the 1st Kensingtons on 4 November 1914.

In October 1917 his only child, Leslie Parnell, fell in action at Battle of Passchendaele as a subaltern with the 2nd Battalion of the 4th East Lancashire Regiment (on attachment from his father's Corps) at the age of 20 years.

Parnell was demobilised at the war's end with the rank of Major.

Death

He died in Totnes, Devon & and his grave is located at St. Mary's Church, Long Ditton, Surrey, England.

External links

• Profile at DatabaseOlympics.com