MERRY Ernest

  • First Name(s):
    Ernest 
  • Surname:
    MERRY
  • Service Number:
    240881
  • Rank:

    Corporal

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Worcestershire Regiment
  • Battalion:
    8th Battalion
  • Unit:
    1st/8th Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    9th October 1918
  • Age At Death:
    23
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Busigny Communal Cemetery Extension, France, Grave V. A. 1.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Mrs. Elizabeth Merry, 37 Pheasant St., Worcester

Remember The Fallen - Lest We Forget

MERRY Ernest Is Named On These Memorials

Worcester Guildhall

Further Information About MERRY Ernest

Great Western Railway Roll of Honour:
Ernest Merry, Ernest Merry, Spring Maker’s Boy, Locomotive and Carriage Department, Worcester, Age 23, Corporal, 1st/8th Worcester Regiment, Killed in action 9/10/1918.

Source: The Great Western Railway in the First World War by Sandra Gittins, 2010.

Death reported in the Great Western Railway staff magazine, reference 1919/02/26. Photo in the Great Western Railway staff magazine, reference 1919/02/27.

Source:  http://www.nrm.org.uk/RailwayStories/worldwarone.aspx

A photograph of Corporal E. Merry of Worcester can be found in Berrow’s Worcester Journal Supplement, Saturday 9th November 1918, available at Worcestershire Archives.

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