Private Charles Mercier
Number: 32560
Company: 74th (Dublin) Company (New), 8th Battalion
ENLISTMENT
Date: 18 February 1901
Place: Dublin
Age: 20 years 1 month
Trade of calling: Draper. Served a three years apprenticeship with Ferrier & Pollock, Dublin.
Place of birth: In the Parish of Kilkenny, in or near the Town of Kilkenny, in the County of Kilkenny
Family: Single. Father Henry Mercier (dec.), farmer, mother Rachel Mercier (nee Lappin), of Seasons, Ballymore Eustace, County Kildare. His brother William Henry Mercier served in the same company of the Imperial Yeomanry.
Previous military service: No
Description: Height 5' 9". Complexion fresh, eyes grey, hair black.
Religion: Church of England
ACTIVE SERVICE
Date to South Africa: 22 March 1901
Service medal, clasps and other awards: Queen's South Africa Medal. Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal clasps.
DEATH
Date: 8 May 1902
Place: Britstown Hospital
Cause: Enteric fever
Buried/ commemorated: Britstown Cemetery/ 74th Company Memorial, Dublin.
Main Cemetery of the Imperial Yeomanry Hospital, Britstown
Image sourced from The Heritage Portal site, photographer S.J. de Klerk.
This page last updated 20 August 2024.