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Sergeant LAURENCE JOHN MERCER

Service Number: 1893245
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

431 (R.C.A.F.) Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 31 March 1945

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY

14. C. 12.

Germany

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George William and Emily Phyllis Gladys Mercer, of Shoreditch, London; husband of Gladys May Mercer, of Shoreditch.
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Buried or commemorated at

BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY
Niedersachsen Germany
Number of casualties: 2404
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