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Corporal RICHARD MERKIN

Service Number: 8187
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Yorkshire Regiment

"B" Coy. 1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 22 October 1917

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GODEWAERSVELDE BRITISH CEMETERY

I. K. 10.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George and Frances Merkin, of Driffield, Yorks; husband of Esther Merkin, of Kirk Ella, Hull.
  • Personal Inscription FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH R.I.P.
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Buried or commemorated at

GODEWAERSVELDE BRITISH CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 991
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