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Captain WILLIAM MURISON SMITH MERSON

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Gordon Highlanders

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 13 November 1916

Buried or commemorated at

MAILLY WOOD CEMETERY, MAILLY-MAILLET

I. B. 24.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph and Christian Merson, of 469, Great Western Rd Aberdeen. M.A., 1913; LL. B. 1914 (Aberdeen Univ). Mobilized with 4th Bn. Gordon Highlanders Aug., 1914. Gazetted Sept., 1914.
  • Personal Inscription THE LORD IS THY KEEPER PS. 121.5
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Buried or commemorated at

MAILLY WOOD CEMETERY, MAILLY-MAILLET
Somme France
Number of casualties: 703
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