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Military service
Service number:
J/11950
Age:
20
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Birth:
April 2, 1922
Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment:
March 11, 1941
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
December 30, 1942
Tyrone
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Plot 1. Grave 19.
Additional information
Son of Robert Medd Adams and Seaborn Christine Adams, of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer Robert Mercer Adams
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Photo of Robert Mercer Adams
Mercer taken at Training Centre located at St. John's Quebec, 1941, aged 19 -
Grave marker
Photo taken 21st October 2007. -
Newspaper clipping
Notice in Toronto paper when Mercer arrived in England -
Entrance
Derrybullen North Parish Church of Ireland, Irvinestown, County of Fermanagh in whose churchyard Mercer Adams was buried. -
Cemetery
The Churchyard of the Derrybullen North Parish Church of Ireland, Irvinestown, County of Fermanagh in whose churchyard Mercer Adams was buried. -
Cemetery
Some of the War Graves in the Churchyard of the Derrybullen North Parish Church of Ireland, Irvinestown, County of Fermanagh -
Newspaper Clipping
The death announcement of Merc in a Toronto newspaper -
Newspaper Clipping
Along with others, Merc Adams obtains his wings at a Graduation Ceremony from Jarvis Air Training Scbool, May 16th, 1942 -
Memorial Cross
Merc Adams is commemorated on page 54 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. -
Memorial Plaque
This memorial plaque is located near Deer's Leap, between Gortin and Newtownstewart, Co. Tyrone, Ireland -
Grave Marker
Photo courtesy of Martyn Boyd. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram September 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram January 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Robert Mercer Adams
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Robert Mercer Adams
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Robert Mercer Adams
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Robert Mercer Adams
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Robert Mercer Adams
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Robert Mercer Adams
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Robert Mercer Adams
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Robert Mercer Adams
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Robert Mercer Adams
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 54 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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IRVINESTOWN CHURCH OF IRELAND CHURCHYARD County Fermanagh, United Kingdom
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