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Flight Lieutenant Navigator William Ernest Merrifield

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Military service

Service number: J/4776
Age: 43
Rank: Flight Lieutenant Navigator
Force: Air Force
Unit/Regiment: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 228 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Death: November 10, 1943

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: Plot 2. Row B. Grave 6.
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Son of Charles and Elizabeth J. Merrifield; husband of Margaret Josephine Merrifield.

In the Books of Remembrance

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Page 194 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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BILBAO BRITISH CEMETERY Spain

Bilbao is a seaport in the north of Spain, and the capital of the Basque province of Viscaya. The BILBAO BRITISH CEMETERY is about 8 kilometres north-east of the town, on the road to Derio.

If arriving by air turn left on leaving the airport, continue for a short distance to Sondica village. The cemetery is located within a small communal cemetery (there is a tiny church). On leaving Sondica village the BILBAO BRITISH CEMETERY is to be found approximately 100 metres off the main road.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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