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Pte William Merrifleld VC MM
Canadian Expeditionary Force 4th (Central Ontario) Battalion
from:Canada
Pte. John Francis Merrigan
British Army Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
from:254 Bishops Street, Derry
John Merrigan, who was a Catholic, served with the Royal Enniskilling Fusiliers and the Royal Irish Regiment. It could well have been the 10th (Service) Battalion (Derry). He enlisted in Derry on 26th August 1915 and his service number was 25845. John left for France on 23rd March 1916 and returned from the war on 15th November 1917. I'm told he was wounded at a battle on 29th, think it was the Battle of Cambrai (not sure of the exact month, it may have been April 1916). There is a date stamp on the section of the form I have which was sent to his parents informing them he had been wounded with a date of 19th May 1916. It also states he was not seriously wounded, I think he may have been gassed as I know he had lost an eye. After he was wounded he was transferred to the Labour Corps, with the service number 109671, where he served until he was discharged from the Army at the end of the war in Nottingham on March 8th 1918.
John Merrigan was serving in France during the First World War when he got the news of his mother's death via a friend who had gone home on leave and returned to France with the sad news.
He was provided with a character reference based on his military career, which states he served with the colours for 2 years and 195 days. He was honest, sober and steady and his disability was due to active service. John was 5' 4" tall and had brown eyes and brown hair when he left the colours in 1918. He received a pension of thirteen shillings and nine pence a week plus ten shillings a week for four children. That's about Ć‚Ā£1.18 a week, not much in today's money.
L/Cpl. Edward George Merrilees
British Army 1st Btn. Grenadier Guards
(d.14th Sep 1916)
L/Cpl Edward George Merrilees of the 1st Btn Grenadier Guards was born 18 July 1893 Died 14 September 1916 aged 23 he was killed in action on The Somme, France and is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial
Pte. William Merrilees
British Army 1st Btn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
from:Leith, Scotland
My grandfather was William Merrilees. He enlisted in the 1st Battalion of the Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) on 15th February 1915 and served in France. He took part in the Battle of the Somme and, in particular, the attacks on the Bazentin Ridge on 18th of August 1916 and in High Wood on 3rd September 1916. It was during this latter engagement he was taken prisoner of war, probably as part of the company of the 1st Black Watch who captured the mine crater and held it isolated for a couple of hours before being overrun in the German counter-attack.
He remained in captivity until the end of the war when he was repatriated via Calais to Dover on 20th November 1918. He appears on the Red Cross repatriation list R52028. For his war service he was awarded the Victory Medal, British War Medal and the 1915 Star and was demobilised to the Special Reserve list on 25th February 1919.
Pte. William Merrill
British Army 1/5th Battalion Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
from:Adwick Le Street Sth Yorks
Pte. William Merrill
British Army King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
from:Sheffield
William Merrill joined the KOYLI and was shipped to France on 13th April 1915. He was awarded a Silver War Badge as he was discharged because of injuries on 29th April 1916. He returned to Yorkshire and married on 16th July 1916 and lived there until his death in 1950 from the result of his service as a miner. He raised eight children.
Cpl. Arthur Price Merrington
British Army Rifle Brigade
from:Oakengates
(d.21st August 1918)
Arthur Merrington was serving attached to 1st/28th Btn. London Regiment when he was killed. He was the son of Joseph and Mary Merrington of 10 Leonard Street, Oakengates, Wellington, Salop.
Pte. Charles Merrit
British Army Royal Irish Regiment
(d.19th May 1915)
Charles Merrit died 19/05/1915 and is buried in Modreeny Church of Ireland Churchyard in the Republic of Ireland
Pte. Charles Merrit
British Army Depot Royal Irish Regiment
(d.19th May 1915)
Private Merrit is buried South of the Modreeny Church of Ireland Cemetery, Modreeny, Co. Tipperary, Ireland.
Pte. James William Merritt
British Army 14th Btn. D Coy. Durham Light Infantry
from:London
My grandfather, Jim Merritt, was captured at Cambrai on the 3rd of December 1917 and he told the family that whilst lining up to have his details taken down, the clerk looked up and said "Hello Jim". It was a German butcher who had a shop in Cable Street in the East End who had gone back to Germany before the war. My grandfather lived many years longer, until 1989.
William Merritt
British Amry 1st Btn. Hampshire Regiment
(d.30th Oct 1914)
I have recently discovered my great uncle William Merritt is on the war memorial in Fareham close to the Trinity church. I have found out he died at Plugstreet in October 1914 though unclear if it was 27th or 30th October. I am also unsure where his remains lie at rest but assume he is one of the 56 men resting in peace at the cemetery in Plugstreet.
If anyone has any information relating to great uncle William please, please, please let me know. He has been discovered after being forgotten.
Sgt. Thomas Merry MM.
British Army 1st Btn. Essex Regiment
from:Warley, Essex
(d.14th April 1917)
Sgt Thomas Merry is listed on Arras Memorial. He was the son of John and Rebecca Merry of 54 Knox Street, Point St. Charles, Montreal, Canada.
Pte. Fred Merryweather
British Army 21st Btn Durham Light Infantry
Served with 18th DLI
Pte. William John Edward Merryweather
British Army 21st (Res) London Regiment
from:105 Edith Grove, Chelsea, London
(d.11th Dec 1918)
Pte Joseph Mersh
British Army 9th Battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corps
(d.22nd Aug 1917)
Pte. Alfred Merton
British Army 9th Btn. Norfolk Regiment
(d.15th September 1916)
My mother named me after her dad, Alfred Merton. I did not know a lot about him 'till my mother died, in sorting her things I found out where he was killed. I went to the Somme to see were he was killed. I'm proud to say I walked his finale walk. He was killed on 15th of September 1916 in the Battle of the Somme.
I went to the area about four more times to visit all the battlefields my grandfather fought in. He was born, like his mother and grandmother, in a workhouse in Rockland All Saints, Norfolk so he did not have a easy life.
Pte. John Alexlander Maitland Marr Mess
Royal Army Medical Corps 136th Field Ambulance
from:Glasgow
Pioneer George Joseph "Joseph" Messenger
British Army 7 Labour Battalion
from:Plaistow London
George Joseph Messenger was my great grandfather. He enlisted on 8th September 1915 and gave his age as 46. Later in his war papers he also gave his wife's name as Kate New and date of marriage as 16/07/1876. I have a copy of his marriage certificate which confirms this. I also have a copy of his birth certificate showing he was born on 24/12/1852 Therefore he must have been at least 62 years of age at enlistment and "pulled the wool" over the enlisting officers eyes. He embarked to France on 17th September 1915 and was returned home on 24/04/1916. He was discharged 02/06/1916 as no longer fit for active service - hardly surprising given his age. He was awarded 1914 -15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal
Pte. Herbert Messenger
Army West Yorkshire Regiment
Herbert served with the West Yorkshire Regiment, The Royal Engineers, The Labour Corps and the Scottish Rifles.
Pte. John Henry Messerschmidt
Canadian Expedition Forces 1st Depot Battalion
from:Rodney, Ontario Canada
John Henry Messerschmidt was born in Rodney, Ontario, Canada He was a farmer in Ricetown PO Saskatchewan, Canada. John was drafted and his military papers were signed on 3rd of May 1918 in Regina, Saskatchewan.
After his arrival in Liverpool on 15th of August 1918, he became ill with pneumonia and hospitalized in Connaught Hospital, Aldershot on 26th of Aug 1918. He was moved to Cambridge Hospital, Aldershot 25th of September 1918 following a diagnosis of emphysema. John returned to Canada 10th of June 1919 classed unfit for service.
He went home to marry Alma Barbara Strath from Highgate, Ontario. John Henry Messerschmidt died 1989 and is buried in Rodney Cemetery, West Elgin, Ontario, Canada.
Capt. Ernest Dyce Messervy
Royal Flying Corps 56 Sqd.
from:22 Great Cumberland Place London
(d.20th Jul 1917)
Ernest Messervy of the London Regiment and R.F.C. is one of 30 soldiers commemorated on a Memorial Plaque in the Moray Golf Club, Lossiemouth, Morayshire - To the honoured memory of the members of the Moray Golf Club who gave their lives in the Great War 1914 - 1919.
Captain Ernest Dyce Messervy served with the 21st Battalion (First Surrey Rifles), the London Regiment and the 56th Squadron, Royal Flying Corps during WW1 and died on the 20th July 1917. He is commemorated at the above Golf Club and at the Arras Flying Services Memorial.
On the 4th April 1918, Flight & The Aircraft Engineer published the following obituary: Captain Ernest Dyce Messervy, London Regt, attached RFC, who was missing on July 20th 1917, and is now believed to have been killed that day, was the youngest son of the late Ernest and Margaret Dyce Messervy, Telawakelle, Ceylon, and nephew of Mrs Thorne, Highfield Park, Heckfield. His age was 23. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission adds the additional information that he was serving with 56th Squadron at the time of his death. He is commemorated on the Arras Flying Services Memorial.
A 28-year-old Major Gerald Messervy MC of the RFA also died during the First World War (8th October 1918). The Commonwealth War Graves Commission adds that he was the "Son of Ernest Francis and Margaret Dyce Messervy" and this being the case it looks likely that he was Captain Ernest Dyce's older brother.
Pte John Messitt
British Army 2nd Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers
from:Bray, Ireland
(d.18th October 1918)
Pte. Walter Charles Mesure
British Army East Surrey Regiment
from:10 Brooklands Road, Wandsworth, London
Walter Mesure was a regular with the East Surrey Regiment.
Pte. Albert Metcalf
British Army 10th Btn. West Yorkshire Regiment
from:Leeds
(d.18th Sep 1918)
Albert Metcalf was given a white feather by a woman in Leeds prior to joining up. As far as I am aware his body was never found but he is remembered at the Vis-en-Memorial in France.
A/L/Cpl. Alexander John Metcalf
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Pte. Leslie John Metcalf
Australian Imperial Force. 40th Btn.
from:14 Mile Emu Bay Railway, Burnie, Tasmania
(d.7th Jun 1917)
Leslie Metcalf was the fourth child born to Edward Joseph John Metcalf and Caroline Selina Watts, he had four siblings; three sisters and a brother. He was born in 1894. He was killed at the Battle of Messines on the 7th of June 1917, he has no known grave and is remembered on the Menin Gate in Ypres.
Gnr. Thomas Metcalf
British Army 118 Seige Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
from:Central Parade, Shildon, Co. Durham.
(d.25th Oct 1917)
Thomas Metcalf was killed aged 19 during the battle of Passchendaele. The Battery War Diary for the day records: "The guns in action registered visually on their new lines and some 200 rounds were fired in the course of the day and night on counter battery work. Two telephonists, Gunners Dunkley and Metcalf were killed when going forward for the pending attacks with Forward Observation Officer Lieut Gough."
He has no known grave and is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial. His parents were Alfred and Mary Ann Metcalfe.
Pte. W. Metcalf
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
W Metcalf went AWOL in 1915.
Cpl. William Henry Metcalf VC, MM.
Canadian Expeditionary Force 16th (Canadian Scottish) Btn.
2nd Cpl. Metcalfe
Canadian Army 1st Canadian Tunnelling Coy.
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