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Lieutenant Colonel ROBERT JAMES FRANCIS MEYRICKE

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Fusiliers

11th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 17 February 1917

Age 38 years old

Buried or commemorated at

AVELUY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

M. 30.

France

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. 6th Bn. Northamptonshire Regiment
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of Robert Henry and Katharine Carswell Meyricke, of 13, Cleveland Gardens, Hyde Park, London.
  • Personal Inscription KILLED WHILE COMMANDING 6TH NORTHANTS
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Buried or commemorated at

AVELUY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 613
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