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Rifleman HORACE JOHN MERRITT

Service Number: 572889
Regiment & Unit/Ship

London Regiment

2nd/17th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 August 1918

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GODEWAERSVELDE BRITISH CEMETERY

II. D. 6.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George Merritt, of 32, Albion St., Portslade, Brighton, Sussex.
  • Personal Inscription GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
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Buried or commemorated at

GODEWAERSVELDE BRITISH CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 991
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