BORN HULL 1882. SON OF WILLIAM BRUCE (1848-1915) & MARY FRANCIS ALICE COWAN (1851-1911). ONE OF TEN CHILDREN. HE WORKED AS A JOURNALIST AND NEWS REPORTER, SPENDING SOME TIME IN WHITBY. HE MARRIED FLORENCE HODGSON, ON 19/12/1914. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, AND SERVED AS LANCE CORPORAL, IN THE 6TH KINGS OWN LIGHT INFANTRY REGIMENT. WAS KILLED IN ACTION, IN BELGIUM, ON 23/08/1917, AGED 35. HE IS COMMEMORATED AT TYNE COT CEMETERY. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW FLORENCE
First name:
FREDERICK MERVILLE
Military Number:
32272
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Date Died
23/08/1917
Place died:
Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
35
