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Lance Corporal ALFRED MERCER

Service Number: 22267
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

"D" Coy. 1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 27 May 1916

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ESSEX FARM CEMETERY

I. A. 42.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Hannah Mercer, of 36, Shaw St., Thomas St., Holderness Rd., Hull. His brother James also fell.
  • Personal Inscription HE LIES WITH ENGLAND'S HEROES IN THE WATCHFUL CARE OF GOD
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Buried or commemorated at

ESSEX FARM CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1206
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