BORN DRIFFIELD 1887. SON OF GEORGE & FRANCIS MERKIN, OF DRIFFIELD. MARRIED IN 1914. HIS WIFE ESTER (DINSDALE) LIVED KIRK ELLA, HULL. A REGULAR SOLDIER. HE SERVED IN THE 2ND EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT (1911 CENSUS). TRANSFERRED TO “B” COMPANY, 1ST EYR BATTALION. KILLED ON 22/10/1917, AGED 30.
HE IS BURIED AT GODEWAERSVELDE BRITISH CEMETERY, NORD, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH R.I.P.”
First name:
RICHARD
Military Number:
8187
Rank:
Corporal
Date Died
22/10/1917
Place died:
GODEWAERSVELDE BRITISH CEMETERY, NORD, FRANCE
Age:
30
