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Robert Mercer Adams

In memory of:

Flying Officer Robert Mercer Adams

December 30, 1942
Tyrone, Northern Ireland

Military Service

Service Number:

J/11950

Age:

20

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Additional Information

Born:

April 2, 1922
Toronto, Ontario

Enlistment:

March 11, 1941
Toronto, Ontario

Son of Robert Medd Adams and Seaborn Christine Adams, of Toronto, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 54 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

IRVINESTOWN CHURCH OF IRELAND CHURCHYARD
County Fermanagh, United Kingdom

Grave Reference:

Plot 1. Grave 19.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Grave Marker– Photo courtesy of Martyn Boyd.

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    Grave Marker
    Grave Marker – Photo courtesy of Martyn Boyd.
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram September 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    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

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram January 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Robert Mercer Adams– Mercer taken at Training Centre located at St. John's Quebec, 1941, aged 19

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    Photo of Robert Mercer Adams
    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.

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    Grave marker
    Grave marker – Photo taken 21st October 2007.
  • Newspaper clipping– Notice in Toronto paper when Mercer arrived in England

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    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.

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    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.

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    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

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    Cemetery
    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

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    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

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    Newspaper Clipping
    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.

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    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

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    Memorial Plaque
    Memorial Plaque – This memorial plaque is located near Deer's Leap, between Gortin and Newtownstewart, Co. Tyrone, Ireland

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