1783370 Gunner William Thomas MERCER, 33 Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery: 09/01/1946

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Casualty Details

MERCER, WILLIAM THOMAS
Rank: Gunner
Service No: 1783370
Date of Death: 09/01/1946
Age: 25
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery, 33 Anti-Tank Regt.
Grave Reference: Sec. Q. Coll. grave 332. (Screen Wall. Panel 26).
Cemetery: MANCHESTER SOUTHERN CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of William and J. Mercer; husband of Amy Mercer, of Chester.

 

Possible

William T Mercer in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
Name: William T Mercer
Birth Date: abt 1921
Date of Registration: Mar 1946
Age at Death: 25
Registration district: Manchester
Inferred County: Lancashire
Volume: 8d
Page: 175

William Mercer in the UK, Army Roll of Honour, 1939-1945
Name: William Mercer
Given Initials: W T
Rank: Gunner
Death Date: 9 Jan 1946
Number: 1783370
Birth Place: Dunfermline
Residence: Fife
Branch at Enlistment: Royal Artillery
Theatre of War: United Kingdom
Regiment at Death: Royal Artillery
Branch at Death: Royal Artillery

TD

 

Birth recorded in Dunfermline 1920, reference 424/982. Will is also available via Scotlandspeople website. Can't see his service return though. TD is likely right with the above, but why registered so long after date of death?

 

Maybe because it went through the the civil registration system ??

Died Early Jan 46 and registered into the civil system Mar 46 - so possibly 7 or 8 weeks

TD

 

Enlisted in the RA in 1941
see Part II Number 7