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Memorial: M3518

Gravestone in Portland, Dorset, commemorating Thomas Mercer d. 1904

Location

Naval and Military cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England

Transcript

'THOMAS MERCER / stoker H.M.S. 'Royal Oak' / died / 14th March 1904 Aged 19'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Church of England (old) 313
Artists: Appleby & Childs
Vessel: HMS Royal Oak

People

Mercer, Thomas
Age: 19
Date of Death: 14/3/1904
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Stoker
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: R. & J.H. Perry 1987

JSON

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