Septimus Joseph Merchant
Memorial: South Gloucestershire war dead not on a local memorial
Regiment: Royal Engineers
Medals: British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Sapper WR/253792
Parents: Bernard Joseph and Elizabeth Merchant (nee Connelly)
Marital status: Married
Home address: The Bushes, Mount Hill, Kingswood, Bristol
Date of birth: 1893
Place of birth: Bristol
Date of death: 18/10/1918
Buried/Commemorated at: Blargies Communal Cemetery Extension (Ref. III. C. 9.), Oise, France
Age: 25
Further information:
Septimus was the husband of Clarice Jenkins, they had a daughter Muriel Eileen Merchant who married Harry Brain, Clarice died in 1958. Septimus's father died in 1913
Septimus Joseph Merchant served with the Railway Operating Division, Royal Engineers and died of pneumonia less than a month before the end of the war
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
Forces War Records and CWGC