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Private WILLIAM JOHN MERRITT

Service Number: PO/16811
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Marine Light Infantry

Portsmouth Bn. R.N. Div

Date of Death

Died 25 June 1915

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LANCASHIRE LANDING CEMETERY

C. 76.

Turkey (including Gallipoli)

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Tom and Edith Merritt, of 33, Nancy Rd., Fratton, Portsmouth.
  • Personal Inscription THY WILL BE DONE
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Buried or commemorated at

LANCASHIRE LANDING CEMETERY
Turkey (including Gallipoli)
Number of casualties: 1254
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