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Military service
Service number:
R/129438
Age:
24
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
166 Sqdn.
Birth:
November 2, 1918
Death:
April 16, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 186.
Additional information
Husband of Margaret May Merton, of Liverpool.
John Paul Merton was the brother of Father Thomas Merton, a Trappist monk and best-selling author of an autobiography, "The Seven Storey Mountain", published in 1948.
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Photo of JOHN PAUL MERTON
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Photo of John and Margaret.
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Id card
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Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Sergeant John Paul Merton is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Sergeant John Paul Merton is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Inscription
The inscription for John Paul Merton on the Runnymede Memorial - photograph by Paul M Pearson. -
Memorial
The entry for John Paul Merton in the book of Memorial at Runnymede. Photograph by Paul M Pearson. -
Memorial
Rye Harbour (East Sussex, UK) one of a series of memorials to local events with this memorial commemorating the death of John Paul Merton over the English Channel -
Biography
Biography of John Paul Merton by William J. Meegan.
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Sergeant John Paul Merton
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Paul Merton
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Paul Merton
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Paul Merton
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Paul Merton
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Paul Merton
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Paul Merton
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Paul Merton
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Paul Merton
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 194 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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