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Private JOHN ALEXANDER MELVILLE

Service Number: 26294
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Scottish Borderers

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 30 January 1917

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GROVE TOWN CEMETERY, MEAULTE

II. N. 3.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Charles and Isabella Melville; husband of Agnes Harper Melville, of 44, Quay St., Saltcoats, Ayrshire. Native of Barr, Ayrshire.
  • Personal Inscription SLEEP ON BELOVED AND TAKE THY REST HE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE
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Buried or commemorated at

GROVE TOWN CEMETERY, MEAULTE
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1395
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