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Private J MELVIN

Service Number: 60258
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

10th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 17 August 1918

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DAOURS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

IV. C. 24.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Catherine Melvin, of 22, Loom St., Wapping Rd., Bradford.
  • Personal Inscription SWEET THE MEMORIES THAT NEVER FADE OF ONE WE LOVED, BUT COULD NOT SAVE,FROM MOTHER
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Buried or commemorated at

DAOURS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1231
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