Name  : Douglas Trafalgar MEARNS.
Rank & Number : Corporal. 6915853.
Service  : 8^th(2^nd Bn. The London Rifle Brigade) Bn., Rifle Brigade.
Date of Death : Saturday, 5^th August 1944.
Age  : 26
Cause of Death : Died of wounds.
Commemorated : St. Charles de Percy War Cemetery, Calvados, France.
Reference : VII. B. 3.

It is probable that Corporal Douglas Mearns was died of wounds received (possibly) in the Battle for Mount Picon during the Allied advance inland from the Normandy beaches.

Douglas Mearns was the son of Matthew John Vickers Mearns and Julia Annie Mearns; husband of Zena Betty Mearns, of Castle Carey, Somerset.