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Private ERNEST MERRICKS

Service Number: 202916
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Cheshire Regiment

1st/4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 July 1918

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RAPERIE BRITISH CEMETERY, VILLEMONTOIRE

I. B. 9.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George and Clara Merricks, of 3 I, Stand Rd., Whittington Moor, Chesterfield, Derbyshire.
  • Personal Inscription AT THE PEARLY GATES HE WILL GREET US WITH THE SAME SWEET LOVING SMILE
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Buried or commemorated at

RAPERIE BRITISH CEMETERY, VILLEMONTOIRE
Aisne France
Number of casualties: 612
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