the birth cert will confirm parents names.

Birth Reg
Name: Arthur H L Merry
Mother's Maiden Surname: Ball
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1926
Registration district: Weymouth
Inferred County: Dorset
Volume Number: 5a
Page Number: 429

Poss marriages:
Name: Arthur H L Merry
Spouse Surname: Carol A Eiles
Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1965
Registration district: Middlesbrough
Inferred County: Yorkshire North Riding
Volume Number: 1b
Page Number: 151

Arthur H L Merry
Spouse Surname: Marion Bunney
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1980
Registration district: Darlington
Inferred County: Durham
Volume Number: 1
Page Number: 0711

Death Reg.
Name: Arthur Henry L Merry
Birth Date: 10 Oct 1926
Date of Registration: Aug 1985
Age at Death: 58
Registration district: Darlington
Inferred County: Durham, Yorkshire
Volume: 1
Page: 758


Poss parents marriage:
Name: Walter H Merry
Spouse Surname: Winifred M Ball
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1925
Registration district: Weymouth
Inferred County: Dorset
Volume Number: 5a
Page Number: 799

Yes this is him x thank you x now just looking for any siblings or other family members x