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Rifleman WALLEN CARPENTER MERCER

Service Number: 3246
Regiment & Unit/Ship

London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles)

16th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 09 April 1915

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HOUPLINES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

III. C. 27.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mary Jane Mercer, of "Merton," 8, Plympton Avenue, Brondesbury, London, and the late Peter Brit Mercer.
  • Personal Inscription A GOOD SON TO MOTHER AND COUNTRY
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Buried or commemorated at

HOUPLINES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Nord France
Number of casualties: 534
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