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 FARM CEMETERY, EPEHY.
UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, ERNEST.
First name:
WILLIAM
Military Number:
79538
Rank:
Private
Date Died
21/09/1918
Place died:
Epehy Wood Farm Cemetery, Epehy, Somme, France
Age:
21
