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Private H MERSON

Service Number: 2959
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

1st/7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 02 July 1916

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FORCEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY AND EXTENSION

Plot 2. Row B. Grave 3.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of the late Thomas and Ada Merson, of New Wortley, Leeds.
  • Personal Inscription ALSO PTE. ERNEST HINDLE R.WEST CURREY JULY 22ND 1917. AGED 19 YRS.
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Buried or commemorated at

FORCEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY AND EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 311
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