\biohead{Connal MacConnal}{}{}

Connal MacConnal was born c.~1873 in Liverpool \cite{ConnalNoraMarriage, ConnalFreeBMD} to John MacConnal (a Chartered Accountant) and Margaret MacConnal. \cite{CMacConnalBirth} He married Nora Croskery \bioref{Jeanie_Elenora_Dunsmuir_Croskery} on 4 July 1916 at St Peters Church in Harrogate, Yorkshire.\cite{ConnalNoraMarriage} At the time he was a Trooper in the 2\textsuperscript{nd} King Edward's Horse cavalry regiment, stationed at Kilkenny Barracks in Ireland.\cite{ConnalNoraMarriage} This regiment was disbanded in August 1917, and many members were moved to the Tank Corps.\cite{WP-KingEdsHorse}