2512 Sergeant Emil Agerskow of the 1/4th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regt, was killed in action on the 9th November 1916. He had been in France since 17th April 1915 and in khaki with the 4th East Yorks since mid September 1914. Soldiers Died in The Great War notes that he was born in South Newington, Yorkshire and enlisted at Hull. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission records that he was 24 years old and the son of Emil and Lilian Agerskow of 153 Norwood, Beverley, Yorkshire. He is buried in Warlencourt British Cemetery on the Somme.
At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.
Sources:
Ancestry.co.uk (MIC)
Army Ancestry
Army Service Numbers 1881-1918
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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