Name
Mervyn William Colomb
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
11/05/1915
28
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Second Lieutenant
London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)
4th (City of London) Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
ALDERSHOT MILITARY CEMETERY
AF. 1869.
United Kingdom
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Haileybury College Cloister Wall Memorial, Hertford Heath
Pre War
Born on 22 Jan 1887 in Athlone, Co. Westmeath, Ireland son of William and Maud (Lushington) Colomb, of Rossleigh, Greystones, Co. Wicklow, Ireland.
Educated at Haileybury College 1901-04. He married Annie Maud Besant in Kenilworth, Warwickshire on 14 Dec 1913.
Wartime Service
He entered France on 6 Jan 1915. Died in Cambridge Military Hospital, Aldershot of shrapnel wounds received at Ypres, Belgium.
Additional Information
Brother of Lieutenant George Lushington Colomb who was killed in action on 22 Nov 1916 and who is also commemorated on these memorials.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Karen Smith - Acting Director of External Relations www.haileybury.com/honour
