9th (Service) Battalion
Formed at Hounslow on 21 August 1914 as part of K1 and came under command of 36th Brigade, 12th (Eastern) Division.
Landed in France in May 1915.
BORN MALTON 1884. SON OF WILLIAM HENRY LAVERACK (1849-1928) & LUCY CORDUKES (1854-1897), OF "THE GRANGE", KNAPTON STATION, MALTON, YORKSHIRE. SON OF A FARMER. ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN. HE WORKED AS A BANK CLERK IN HULL, BOARDING AT THIS ADDRESS (1911 CENSUS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 23487, 9TH LONDON REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS […]
BORN HULL 1898. ELDEST SON OF ERNEST EDWARD MERCER & SELINA (WELDON) MERCER, OF 52 USSELL STREET, HULL. (CWGC ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL. EX PRIVATE, 26459, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED AS PRIVATE, 79538, 9TH ROYAL FUSILIERS (LONDON) REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 21/09/1918, AGED 21. HE IS BURIED ON THE SOMME AT EPEHY WOOD FA […]
BORN LONDON 1889. WIFE LILLIAN MARIE SELL, ABOVE. HULL HEROES WEB SITE.
