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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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Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed 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 -
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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. -
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The entry for John Paul Merton in the book of Memorial at Runnymede. Photograph by Paul M Pearson. -
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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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RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL Surrey, United Kingdom
The design of the Runnymede Memorial is original and striking. On the crest of Cooper's Hill, overlooking the Thames, a square tower dominates a cloister, in the centre of which rests the Stone of Remembrance. The cloistered walks terminate in two lookouts, one facing towards Windsor, and the other towards London Airport at Heathrow. The names of the dead are inscribed on the stone reveals of the narrow windows in the cloisters and the lookouts. They include those of 3,050 Canadian airmen. Above the three-arched entrance to the cloister is a great stone eagle with the Royal Air Force motto, Per Ardua ad Astra". On each side is the inscription:
IN THIS CLOISTER ARE RECORDED THE NAMES OF TWENTY THOUSAND AIRMEN WHO HAVE NO KNOWN GRAVE. THEY DIED FOR FREEDOM IN RAID AND SORTIE OVER THE BRITISH ISLES AND THE LANDS AND SEAS OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN EUROPE
In the tower a vaulted shrine, which provides a quiet place for contemplation, contains illuminated verses by Paul H. Scott."
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