Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Edward Louis Parnell (21 June 1875 – 2 February 1941) was a British sport shooter who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.Parnell was born at Bovey Tracey, Devon, England. (Births Register, England).Olympian 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.WWIParnell was a commissioned officer in the 13th London Regiment (Kensingtons), T.F., pre-war, & after being mobilised in 5-8-1914 on the declaration of war, went out to France as a Captain with the 1st Kensingtons on 4.11.1914. (WWI Medal Index Card, The National Archive, Kew, England).In October 1917 his only child, Leslie Parnell, fell in action at Passchendaele as a subaltern with the 2/4th Lancashire Regiment (on attached from his father's Corps) at the age of 20. (War Graves Commission database).Parnell was demobilised at the war's end with the rank of Major.DeathHe died in Totnes, Devon & and his grave is located at St. Mary's Church, Long Ditton, Surrey, England.. }
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- Edward_Parnell_(sport_shooter) abstract "Edward Louis Parnell (21 June 1875 – 2 February 1941) was a British sport shooter who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.Parnell was born at Bovey Tracey, Devon, England. (Births Register, England).Olympian 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.WWIParnell was a commissioned officer in the 13th London Regiment (Kensingtons), T.F., pre-war, & after being mobilised in 5-8-1914 on the declaration of war, went out to France as a Captain with the 1st Kensingtons on 4.11.1914. (WWI Medal Index Card, The National Archive, Kew, England).In October 1917 his only child, Leslie Parnell, fell in action at Passchendaele as a subaltern with the 2/4th Lancashire Regiment (on attached from his father's Corps) at the age of 20. (War Graves Commission database).Parnell was demobilised at the war's end with the rank of Major.DeathHe died in Totnes, Devon & and his grave is located at St. Mary's Church, Long Ditton, Surrey, England.".