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Private HENRY FRANCIS MERCER

Service Number: 5939
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)

6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 26 August 1916

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HEILLY STATION CEMETERY, MERICOURT-L'ABBE

III. G. 16.

France

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Adopted son of J. Thomas Mercer and Rebecca Mercer, of 19, Friday Rd., Erith, Kent.
  • Personal Inscription I WILL TRUST AND NOT BE AFRAID
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Buried or commemorated at

HEILLY STATION CEMETERY, MERICOURT-L'ABBE
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2973
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