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Private JOHN MERCER

Service Number: 16746
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Lancashire Regiment

6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 16 August 1915

Age 36 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PORTIANOS MILITARY CEMETERY

I. A. 29.

Greece

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Elizabeth Mercer, of 31, Belle Green Lane, Higher Ince, Lancs.
  • Personal Inscription THY WILL BE DONE
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Buried or commemorated at

PORTIANOS MILITARY CEMETERY
Greece
Number of casualties: 352
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