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Serjeant HERBERT GERRARD MELLING

Service Number: 549835
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Armoured Corps

17th/21st Lancers

Date of Death

Died 08 July 1944

Age 34 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BOLSENA WAR CEMETERY

I, H, 19.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Conduct Medal
  • Additional Info Son of Albert and Phillis Melling; husband of Florence May Melling, of East Dean, Eastbourne, Sussex.
  • Personal Inscription IN PROUD PRECIOUS MEMORY OF MY DARLING HUSBAND. DADDIE OF GERALD AND PAMELA. SADLY MISSED, BUT EVER WITH US
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Buried or commemorated at

BOLSENA WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 600
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