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The Roll lists his address as 26 South Street. It also records the death of his brother John.
(CWGC records that Serjeant Samuel Yerrell, regimental number 9492, died aged 22 on 19/7/1916 serving in 1st Battalion of the Northamptonshire Regiment, and is commemorated on Thiepval Memorial in France. They record him as the son of John and Emily Yerrell of 26 South Street, Peterborough.
Samuel's birth was registered in Peterborough District in 1895. On the 1901 census he was living with his parents John and Emily at Main Road in Deeping St Nicholas. On the 1911 census he was living with his mother at 179 Eastfield Road in Peterborough.
The Medal Rolls record that Samuel went to France as a Corporal on 13/8/1914; he had been promoted to Serjeant by the time of his death. The Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects record that he died on 19/7/1916 and that his mother Emily was his legatee.
When his death was announced in the Peterborough Advertiser on 29/7/1916 a letter from one of his comrades was quoted as stating that both Samuel's arms had been shattered by a bomb; as a comrade was assisting him back to the trench they both fell exhausted, so "Lieutenant Eminton" left the trench to help them. According to the letter, as the officer reached them, an enemy bullet passed through Samuel's back and into the officer's heart. The officer had died instantly; Samuel had died an hour later. The newspaper commented that Samuel was engaged to Miss Ada Rowle).