Lance Corporal John Mercer

Lance Corporal John Middlemiss Mercer, 11th ( Service ) Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. He was killed in action in France, aged 20, on 27th September 1915 during the Battle of Loos aged 20. He had been born in Langton and was the son of George and the late Elizabeth Mercer of Langton Kennels, Duns and he is commemorated on the Loos Memorial, Dud Corner, Loos, France. His brother Henry also fell – see below.  The photograph shows the village of Loos after capture and the artist’s illustration depicts a Highland attack at Loos led by their pipers.

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