BORN HULL 1888. SON OF DANIEL McPHAIL MERRYLESS (1860-1936) AND ELIZA HARRISON (1862-1911), THIS ADDRESS. HIS FATHER WAS BORN IN SCOTLAND AND WORKED AS AN ENGINE AND MACHINE FITTER. ALBERT WAS ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. EMPLOYED AS A SAW MILL LABOURER. HIS WIFE ALICE YEAMAN (1893-1983) AND THEIR THREE CHILDREN, WALTER, ALBERT AND FLORENCE, LIVED AT 12 SARAH ANN’S TERRACE, SPYVEE STREET (1911 CENSUS) AND 4 JOHNS TERRACE, SPYVEE STREET. ENLISTED HULL. EX 1489 RAMC. TRANSFERRED TO THE HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED AT SALONIKA, ON 20/10/1918, AGED 30. HIS ARMY PENSION WENT TO HIS WIDOW ALICE. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 29/10/1918.
BURIED: Kalamaria, Regional unit of Thessaloniki, Central
Macedonia, Greece
HIS BROTHER, GUARDSMAN, ROBERT MERRYLEES, 5715, 1ST COLDSTREAM GUARDS, DIED IN GREECE, ON 08/10/1915, AGED 30. ANOTHER BROTHER, PRIVATE ARTHUR MERRYLEES, 13/1468, 13TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 29/06/1916, AGED 17.
HE LEFT SURVIVING BROTHERS, GEORGE, THOMAS, AND DANIEL, AND SISTERS, BEATRICE, MAUD, AND MABEL.
Merrylees, Albert
First name:
ALBERT
Military Number:
206179
Rank:
Corporal
Date Died
20/10/1918
Place died:
Mikra British Cemetery, Kalamaria, Greece
Age:
30
