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Leading Aircraftman TRUMAN JOSEPH MERRICKS

Service Number: 1299118
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

462 (R.A.A.F.) Sqdn

Date of Death

Died 20 April 1943

Age 18 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TRIPOLI WAR CEMETERY

Coll. grave 5. B. 5-11.

Libya

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Annie Merricks: husband of Joyce Kathleen Merricks, of Hockley. Birmingham.
  • Personal Inscription I WILL BE BRAVE, DEAR, AND HIDE MY TEARS, KNOWING THAT I SHALL BE WITH YOU
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Buried or commemorated at

TRIPOLI WAR CEMETERY
Libya
Number of casualties: 1393
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