Percival Harry Merriman (11 June 1882''1939 England and Wales Register'' – 1966) was an English musician and songwriter. During World War I, he served in the 60th Division, Civil Service Rifles. While convalescing, in 1917, he became a member of The Roosters Concert Party, named after Captain G U B Roose, the Commandant of their base in Salonika, Summerhill Camp. They turned professional, made their first radio broadcast in 1923, and operated for another two decades. For them, he wrote sketches and songs, the latter including "Old Comrades Re-Union" (1930). (note record's label) He appeared as a castaway on the BBC Radio programme '' Desert Island Discs'' on 17 August 1964. His son Eric Merriman was a comedy scriptwriter, writing '' Beyond Our Ken'' for Kenneth Horne and Kenneth Williams.

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1882 births 1966 deaths Date of death missing British Army personnel of World War I British male songwriters 20th-century British musicians People from St Pancras, London {{UK-musician-stub