John Herman Merivale

[Coquet]

Here's the Merivale grave in the west cemetery today.

Merivale was a mining engineer resident one time at Togston Hall. We've mentioned the family a few times!

[Coquet]

In Memory of
John Herman Merivale
J.P. M.A. M.I.M.E.
Born 19th May 1851. Died 18th Nov 1916
also of his wife
Blanche
Born 9th September 1854. Died 7th July 1919
also of their 5th and 7th Sons
who fell in the Great War,
John William
Capt 7th Northd Fus T.F.
Born 6th June 1887
Fell in Action 15th Sept 1916
Near Bois de Fourreau (High Wood)
he lies in the Cemetery at
Bazentin le Petit.
Francis
Lieut 7th Northd Fus T.F.
Born 7th July 1895
Died in France 18th Nov 1918
He lies in the No. 5 Cemetery Rouen.

[Coquet]

Some of those dates are tricky with the missing lead letters.

[janwhin]

The headstone certainly provides a lot of information. I'm impressed you managed to find it.

[Coquet]

It's not a difficult one to find Janwhin, it's on the immediate left heading west on the tarmac footpath through the older part - the path with the large shrubs dotted along parallel to it.

I did not realise they had 7 sons. I wonder if 7 was the total number of children?

[janwhin]

It seems it was all sons, of whom two died in infancy. Surviving five were Charles Herman, Bernard, John William, Vernon and Francis.

Their grandfather, Charles Merivale was Dean of Ely.