Link to the rest of the 11 images HERE.

120mm.
Stamped on the forks: DK 1697627
Also a grid with 05 printed alongside it.

manitou r7.

In that colour either oem (haro) or team edition (ergon?)

It's a Manitou 'something or other' with IT travel adjust. At 120mm of travel I'd say it's a Minute.

Looks like a Manitou R7, is it not what was on your Merida hardtail!?

Manitou R7?

Are there different versions?
And is it likely it's an '08 model as that's when I believe the frame was built up for the previous owner (the Merida importer in the UK )?

I've stripped out the components and am putting them onto eBay as I type.
The frame went on last night, XTR brakes, wheels, gears etc are just being photographed now.