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Lance Corporal OLIVER GEORGE MERKER

Service Number: 3466
Regiment & Unit/Ship

London Regiment

19th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 15 September 1916

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LONDON CEMETERY AND EXTENSION, LONGUEVAL

1A.B.16.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. Merker, of 25 Great Ormond St., Holborn, London.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN HE WHO LAYETH DOWN HIS LIFE FOR A FRIEND
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Buried or commemorated at

LONDON CEMETERY AND EXTENSION, LONGUEVAL
Somme France
Number of casualties: 4039
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