Basic Details
Surname
Yerrell
Forenames
John William
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Service number
9493
Notes
The Roll lists his address as 26 South Street.

(N.B. The Roll is known to include numerous errors, including: misspelt names and inaccurate date/place of death, service number/ rank/ military unit etc; several casualties were mistakenly listed on it twice [i.e. under their true name and also the alias under which they served]; several other men were listed on it due to the mistaken belief they had died, whereas they had actually survived).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
Not stated
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Cpl
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Not stated
Town of death
Not stated
Country of burial
France
Town of burial
Armentieres
Cemetery
Armentieres Cemetery
Year of death
1915
Month of death
April
Day of death
2
Manner of death as stated
Died of wounds in hospital, and buried at Armentieres Cemetery
Manner of death reference
Died of Wounds