Remembering Today Casualty Details | CWGC Captain HAMEL, JOSEPH WILFRID Service Number 97829 Died 08/12/1941 Aged 45 Royal Engineers Son of Joseph Jean Hamel and of Eugenie Hamel (nee Goulet); husband of Renee Marguerite Hamel (nee Deschamps), of Welling, Kent. INSCRIPTION: NO WORDS CAN EVER EXPRESS ONE 'S FEELINGS BUT NO VEIL EXISTS BETWEEN SOULS Buried at OKEHAMPTON (ALL SAINTS) CHURCHYARD AND EXTENSION Location: Devon, United Kingdom Number of casualties: 16
He doesn't appear on the Casualty Lists for some reason. Marriages Jun 1922 HAMEL Joseph W Deschamps Wandsworth 1d 1320 DESCHAMPS Renee M Hamel Wandsworth 1d 1320 No children. 1939 REGISTER TRANSCRIPTION 1 Cavendish Avenue, Bexley M.B., Kent. NAME DOB OCCUPATION Renee M Hamel 30 Nov 1898 Unpaid Domestic Duties Renee was still living at the above address in 1964: Name: Renee Marguerite Hamel Death Date: 23 Apr 1970 Burial or Cremation Date: 1 May 1970 Burial or Cremation Place: Greenwich, London, England Register Type: Cremation
England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007 Name: Joseph W Hamel Death Age: 45 Birth Date: abt 1896 Registration Date: Dec 1941 Registration district: Okehampton Inferred County: Devon Volume: 5b Page: 649 England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995 Name: Joseph Wilfrid Hamel Death Date: 8 Dec 1941 Death Place: Devonshire, England Probate Date: 13 Mar 1942 Registry: Exeter It just says died - so I would assume some sort of accident - copy death cert would say TD
