BORN HULL 16/07/1894. SON OF ELLEN MERRIKIN, OF 2 PALM GROVE, SOMERSET STREET, HESSLE ROAD, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). EDUCATED AT WEST DOCK AVENUE COUNCIL SCHOOL. KILLED BY SHIP EXPLOSION OFF SHEERNESS, ON 26/11/1914, AGED 20. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL TIMES, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH ON 5TH DECEMBER 1914. *
First name:
JOHN
Regiment:
Military Number:
4133
Rank:
Able Seaman
Date Died
26/11/1914
Place died:
PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, UK
Age:
20
