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Private WILLIAM JOHN MELVIN

Service Number: 241718
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Border Regiment

1st/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 October 1918

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BRIE BRITISH CEMETERY

III. E. 10.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Ann Melvin, of 19, James St., Blaydon-on-Tyne, and the late Samuel Melvin.
  • Personal Inscription IN LIFE EAGER IN SERVICE FAITHFUL IN DEATH TRIUMPHANT
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Buried or commemorated at

BRIE BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 445
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