MERRITT, William Edward – Hathersage Royal British Legion

Pte 23984 West Yorks Regt, 10526 Labour Corps. b 1895 Leeds, 1911C a warehouse man in Leeds. His mother was Frances Hobson, b 1864 Hathersage. 1861C the family are living at Cabbage Row, Hathersage.

Abbreviations used

Agri; Agricultural
AOC; Army Ordnance Corps
b; born,
Bdr; Bombadier
Bn; Battalion
B.R.C.S; British Red Cross Society
Brig; Brigade
C; Census
C.B.; Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath
C B E; Commander of British Empire
C.M.G.; Companion of the order of St Michael & St George
Capt; Captain
Coy; Company
CSM; Company Sergeant Major
DC; Derbyshire Courier newspaper
DCM: Distinguished Conduct Medal
D of W; Died of Wounds
DT; Derbyshire Times newspaper
DLI; Durham Light Infantry Regiment
Dvr; Driver
Gnr; Gunner
HPN; High Peak News
KIA; Killed in Action
K.O.Y.L.I.; Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
K.R.R; Kings Royal Rifles
MC; Military Cross
MGC; Machine Gun Corps
MID; Mentioned in Despatches
MM; Miltary Medal
N of K; Next of Kin
OBE; Order of the British Empire
Pnr; Pioneer
POW; Prisoner of War
Pte; Private
RASC (ASC); Royal Army Service Corps
RE; Royal Engineers
Regt; Regiment
RFA; Royal Field Artillery
RGA; Royal Garrison Artillery
RNVR; Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve
SB; Service Battalion
SDT; Sheffield Daily Telegraph
Sig; Signaller
Spr; Sapper
Sqdn; Squadron
S T; Sheffield Telegraph
T.A.; Territorial Army
VAD; Voluntary Aid Detachment
WO; Warrant Officer
Y & L; (York & Lancs) York & Lancaster Regiment
1901C 1911C; Date of Census Records
✟; Lost their lives
≠; Killed but not on Hathersage Church War Memorial
ß; On Bible Class Memorial Board
⚜; On Scouts Memorial Board
ă; On 1918/1919 Absent Voters Lists
Щ; In ‘When Hathersage Went to War’ book
Д; On Wesleyan Chapel Tablet 1922.