Mervin Godfrey Larkin

1888 - 1917  (29 years)

• Name	Mervin Godfrey Larkin
  Birth	1888	Lichfield, Staffordshire, England   [1]
  Christening	14 Oct 1888	Lichfield, Staffordshire, England   [2]
  	Name: Mervin Godfrey Larkin Baptism date: 14 Oct 1888 Baptism place: Lichfield, St Mary County: Staffordshire Denomination: Anglican Father's name: Herbert Mother's name: Harriet Abode: St John Street Quality, Trade, or Profession: Tobacconist Archive reference: D20/1/6 Page: 187
  Gender	Male
  Residence	5 Apr 1891	Lichfield, Staffordshire, England   [3]
  	Address: 7 Saint John Street
  Residence	31 Mar 1901	Lichfield, Staffordshire, England   [4]
  	Address: 7 Saint John Street
  Residence	2 Apr 1911	Holloway, Middlesex, England   [5]
  	Address: 35 Loraine Road
  	Boarder
  Occupation	2 Apr 1911  [5]
  	Hosiery assistant
  Death	14 Mar 1917	France and Flanders   [6, 7, 8, 9]
  	Name: Mervin Godfrey LARKIN Rank: PRIVATE Initials: M G Birth place: Lichfield, Staffs Residence: Enlisted: Lichfield Regiment, Corps etc.: Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire Regiment) Battalion etc.: 1/5th Battalion. Number: 203016 Date died: 14 March 1917 How died: Killed in action Theatre of war: France and Flanders
  Commemorated	20 Oct 1920	Lichfield, Staffordshire, England   [10, 11]
  	LARKIN, MG Memorial Men Of Lichfield (WMR 13444) Lichfield Staffordshire Garden of Remembrance, Lichfield Memorial Park Bird Street, Lichfield, Staffordshire, WS13 7LD (Unveiled: 20 October 1920)
  Burial	Hebuterne, Pas-de-Calais, France   [9, 12]
  	LARKIN, MERVIN GODFREY Rank: Private Service No: 203016 Date of Death: 14/03/1917 Age: 29 Regiment/Service: North Staffordshire Regiment 1st/5th Bn. Grave Reference A. 11. Cemetery ROSSIGNOL WOOD CEMETERY, HEBUTERNE Additional Information: Son of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Larkin; husband of May Larkin, of 42, Townfields, Walsall Rd., Lichfield, Staffs. Born at Lichfield. Monumental Inscription: In loving memory of OSCAR youngest son of HERBERT and HARRIET LARKIN born March 7th 1891 died April 24th 1914. Also FRANK LARKIN his brother Lance Corporal 1st North Staffs. Regiment who fell in action at Ypres July 9th 1915 aged 31 years. Also of MERVYN GODFREY LARKIN brother of the above born September 22nd 1888 who fell in action in France March 14th 1917.
  Person ID	I2672	Gilbert
  Last Modified	23 Mar 2023

  
  

  Father	Herbert Larkin,   b. 1846, Lichfield, Staffordshire, England d. 14 Nov 1924, Lichfield, Staffordshire, England (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Harriet Starmer,   b. 1852, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England d. 22 May 1927, Lichfield, Staffordshire, England (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	25 Dec 1869	Lichfield, Staffordshire, England
  Family ID	F710	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	May Leonie Jungblut,   b. 16 Apr 1888, St Giles, London, England d. 1983, Lichfield, Staffordshire, England (Age 94 years)
  Marriage	1914	Lichfield, Staffordshire, England   [13]
  Children	+ 1. Joseph Godfrey Larkin,   b. 20 Dec 1915, Lichfield, Staffordshire, England d. 29 Nov 2002, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England (Age 86 years)   2. Cecil Mervin Larkin,   b. 2 Jan 1917, Lichfield, Staffordshire, England d. 10 Sep 2012, Staffordshire, England (Age 95 years)
  Family ID	F720	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Oct 2018

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1888 - Lichfield, Staffordshire, England Christening - 14 Oct 1888 - Lichfield, Staffordshire, England Residence - Address: 7 Saint John Street - 5 Apr 1891 - Lichfield, Staffordshire, England Residence - Address: 7 Saint John Street - 31 Mar 1901 - Lichfield, Staffordshire, England Residence - Address: 35 Loraine Road - 2 Apr 1911 - Holloway, Middlesex, England Marriage - 1914 - Lichfield, Staffordshire, England Death - 14 Mar 1917 - France and Flanders Commemorated - 20 Oct 1920 - Lichfield, Staffordshire, England Burial - - Hebuterne, Pas-de-Calais, France  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Location       : City/Town       : District/Borough       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Documents

  LARKIN, Mervin G: World War 1 Medal Index Card World War 1 medal index card for Mervin G LARKIN. He was a Private in the North Staffordshire Regiment. He was awarded the Victory Medal and the British War Medal. UK, British Army World War I Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920 (ancestry.co.uk)

  
  

• Sources

  [S129] General Register Office (England and Wales), GRO Online Index (Births) - England and Wales, Larkin, Mervin Godfrey; Mother's Maiden Surname: Starmer; GRO Reference: 1888 D Quarter in LICHFIELD Volume 06B Page 426 (accessed 20 Sep 2017). [S193] Staffordshire Baptisms (FindMyPast), Larkin, Mervin Godfrey; Baptism year: 1888; Father's name: Herbert; Mother's name: Harriet; Baptism place: Lichfield, St Mary (accessed 5 Jun 2019). [S6] 1891 Census (FindMyPast) England, Wales and Scotland, (The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey), Larkin, Mervin G; Birth year: 1889; Reg dist: Lichfield; Parish: St Mary; City: Lichfield; County: Staffordshire; Ref: RG12; Piece: 2212; Folio: 22; Page: 8 (accessed 6 Jun 2018). [S7] 1901 Census (FindMyPast) England, Wales and Scotland, (The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey), Larkin, Mervin G; Birth year: 1889; Birth town: Lichfield; Birth county: Staffordshire; Reg dist: Lichfield; Parish: Lichfield St Mary; County: Staffordshire; Ref: RG13; Piece: 2654; Folio: 21; Page: 6 (accessed 27 Apr 2018). [S8] 1911 Census (FindMyPast) England and Wales, (The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey), Laikin, Mervin; Birth year: 1890; Birth place: Lichfield Staffordshire; Reg Dist: Islington; Parish: Islington; County: London, Middlesex; Ref: RG14PN1003 RG78PN33 RD10 SD7 ED32 SN354 (accessed 19 Mar 2018). [S85] Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-1919 (FindMyPast), Larkin, Mervin Godfrey; 1917; Service number: 203016; Rank: Private; Regiment: Prince Of Wales's (North Staffordshire Regiment) (accessed 20 Sep 2018). [S230] British Newspapers (FindMyPast), Larkin, Mervin Godfrey; Lichfield soldiers killed in action; Lichfield Mercury, Friday 13 April 1917, p2, col 3 (accessed 18 Mar 2018). [S230] British Newspapers (FindMyPast), Larkin, Mervin Godfrey; Death; Lichfield Mercury, Friday 13 April 1917, p3, col 7 (accessed 18 Mar 2018). [S284] BMSGH Shop - PDF document - Lichfield St Michael Monumental Inscriptions (2012), Larkin, Mervin Godfrey; Section 10, p114, (1234) (accessed 15 Dec 2017). [S382] War Memorials Register (FindMyPast), Larkin, M G; Death year: 1917; County: Staffordshire; Country: England (accessed 16 Dec 2020). [S383] War Memorials Register (Imperial War Museum - IWM), Larkin, M G; Memorial county: Staffordshire; Memorial town: Lichfield (accessed 16 Dec 2020). [S38] Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC), Larkin, Mervin Godfrey; Country: France; Cemetery or memorial: Rossignol Wood Cemetery, Hebuterne; Service number: 203016; Regiment: North Staffordshire Regiment; First World War (accessed 21 Aug 2018). [S262] General Register Office (England and Wales), UK BMD (FindMyPast) Marriage index, Larkin, Mervin G - Jungblut, May; 1914; Lichfield, Staffordshire; D Quarter; Volume: 6B; Page: 936 (accessed 28 Oct 2018).