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Private THOMAS MELLES

Service Number: 201217
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Yorkshire Regiment

1st/4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 27 April 1917

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY

VII. C. 37.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Melles, of 13, Lake St., Hull, Yorks.
  • Personal Inscription EVER IN THOUGHT FROM FATHER, MOTHER SISTERS & BROTHERS
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Buried or commemorated at

WANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 1939
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