BORN HORNSEA 1877. SON OF AUGUST ALEXANDER MEYER (1824-1897) AND CAROLINE CHARLOTTE HELMSING (1842-1891), OF 22 SUNNY BANK, HULL. HE HAD ONE BROTHER AND NINE SISTERS. A CORN AND FRUIT AGENT. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 410343, 886TH LABOUR CORP, 2ND HOSPITAL. TRANSFERRED TO THE 16TH KING’S ROYAL RIFLE CORPS. DROWNED AT LE HARVRE, ON 25/12/1918, AGED 42. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS BROTHER, HERMANN MEYER, AN OIL MERCHANT. HE ALSO LEFT HIM £1,259 IN HIS WILL AT THIS PROBATE ADDRESS.
First name:
CARL AUGUST
Military Number:
20224
Rank:
Rifleman
Date Died
25/12/1918
Place died:
Ste. Marie Cemetery, Le Havre, Seine-Maritime, France
Age:
42
22 , SUNNY BANK, SPRINGBANK, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
