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Private JAMES ALEXANDER MELLIS

Service Number: 57477
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Highland Light Infantry

18th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 11 October 1918

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY

XXX. B. 11.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Catherine Mellis, of 7, Albert St., Edinburgh, and the late James Mellis. Born Elgin, Morayshire.
  • Personal Inscription SWEETLY HE RESTS WHILE OTHERS ARE WITH CARE AND GRIEF OPPRESSED
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Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 10786
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