Edward Parnell (sport shooter)

Edward Louis Parnell (21 June 1875 – 2 February 1941) was a British sport shooter who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.

Early life
Parnell was born at Bovey Tracey, in the County of Devon, in 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.

Military career
Pre-1908 Parnell was a commissioned officer in the British Army's 2nd (South) Middlesex Volunteer Reserve Corps, a unit with a high reputation for rifle sports marksmanship in British Army military circles. Post-1908 he served with the 13th County of London Regiment ("The Kensingtons"), Territorial Force.

Parnell was mobilised on 4 August 1914 on the outbreak of World War I, 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, was killed during the Battle of Passchendaele as a subaltern with the 2nd Battalion of the 4th East Lancashire Regiment (on attachment from his father's corps) aged 20.

Parnell was demobilised at the war's end in 1918 with the rank of Major.

Death
He died on 2 February 1941 in Totnes in the county of Devon aged 65. His grave is located at St. Mary's Church, Long Ditton, in the county of Surrey, England.