BORN HULL 1899. SON OF DANIEL McPHAIL MERRYLESS (1860-1936) AND ELIZA HARRISON (1862-1911), LIVING AT 86 SPYVEE STREET. HIS FATHER WAS BORN IN SCOTLAND AND WORKED AS AN ENGINE AND MACHINE FITTER. ARTHUR WAS ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. HE WAS EMPLOYED WITH THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAYS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. JOINED THE HULL PALS. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 29/06/1916, AGED 17. HE WAS UNMARRIED AND HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO FLORENCE. HIS TWO OLDER BROTHERS WERE ALSO LOST IN THE WAR. THESE WERE, GUARDSMAN, ROBERT MERRYLEES, 1ST COLDSTREAM GUARDS, KILLED IN ACTION, ON 08/10/1915, AGED 30 AND CORPORAL, ALBERT MERRYLEES, HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT, DIED IN GREECE ON 20/10/1918, AGED 30. HE LEFT SURVIVING BROTHERS, GEORGE, THOMAS, AND DANIEL, AND SISTERS, BEATRICE, MAUD, AND MABEL.
Merrylees, Arthur
First name:
ARTHUR
Regiment:
Military Number:
13/1468
Rank:
Private
Date Died
29/06/1916
Place died:
Ste. Marie Cemetery, Le Havre, Seine-Maritime, France
Age:
17
86 , SPYVEE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
