Regiment: The Prince of Wales Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) 1st Battalion D Company

Last Name
Address
Narrative
36 , SHAW STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
       
Died on
27/05/1916
       
Aged
25
BORN HULL 1892. SON OF JOHN MERCER (1863-1928) & HANNAH TADMAN (1871-1945), OF 36, SHAW STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD. ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN. HE HAD FIVE BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. FOUR SONS WERE KILLED DURING WW1. PRIOR TO ENLISTING ALFRED WAS A DOCK LABOURER. HE JOINED THE 1ST WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, AND HAD BEEN TRAINING FOR ONLY 12 WE […]