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Major General Sir DAVID MERCER

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Marines

Adjutant-General

Date of Death

Died 01 July 1920

Age 56 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DEAL CEMETERY

AM.O. 8.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Knight Commander of the Bath, Twice Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Commander Legion of Honour. Husband of Lady Mercer (nee Katherine F. Laurence), of 7, Bickenhall Mansions, London, W.I. Joined R.M.L.I. 1883: Adjutant-General, Royal Marines, since 1916: Commanded 1st R.N. Brigade R.N.D. 1914-1916; served in France and Flanders and on Gallipoli.
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Buried or commemorated at

DEAL CEMETERY
Kent United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 189
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