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Need to links this man with Liverpool.

From the CWGC site
SEARCY, W

Rank:
Private
Service No:
50073
Date of Death:
19/05/1918
Regiment/Service:
North Staffordshire Regiment

9th Bn.
Grave Reference
Q. III. H. 3.
Cemetery
ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN

Birth Registered December qtr 1881

Walter Searcy Nottingham 7b 333

Married Lilian Florence Wells in Nottingham June qtr 1903

The family are residing at 8 Seaton Street, West Derby in the 1911 Census:-

Name: Walter Searcy
Age in 1911: 28
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1883
Relation to Head: Head
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Nottingham, England
Civil Parish: West Derby
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England
Street Address: 8 Seaton Street
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Chair Maker Dining Suites
Registration District: West Derby
Registration District Number: 455
Sub-registration District: West Derby Western
ED, institution, or vessel: 7
Piece: 22559
Household Members:
Name Age
Walter Searcy 28
Lilian Florence Searcy 27
May Searcy 5
Edith Searcy 3
Gladys Searcy 1

Seaton St was between Kensington and Edge Lane, so in the right area.

ADDED:
Walter Searcy earned the Victory and British War Medals.
Soldiers Died in the Great War shows that he died of wounds, and that he had previously served in the Royal Engineers with the number 217341.

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Just noting his parents and siblings, Walter Searcy b1875, married Sarah Ann Watts b 1884, Q1 1881 Nottingham. Children are Walter b1881, George b1884, Edith 1886 all born Nottingham.