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|Army number=4692669
 
|Army number=4692669
 
|Rank=Pte
 
|Rank=Pte
|Date of birth=25/3/1910
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|Date of birth=Born 25/3/1910 Barnsley.
 
|Age=0
 
|Age=0
|Unit=King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry - enlistment date not known (Enlistment Books missing). Trf Durham Light Infantry 18/4/1940, Posted 10th Bn DLI. DLI Books show a transfer to South Staffordshire Regiment 9/6/1940, Docs to Shrewsbury 28/6/1940. No trace has been found in South Staffordshire Books - Enlistment Book may be missing.  Served Normandy.  KILLED in ACTION 16/7/1944 with 1/6th Bn South Staffordshire Regiment.
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|Unit=King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry - enlistment date not known (Enlistment Books missing). Trf to The Durham Light Infantry 18/4/1940, Posted 10th Bn DLI. Served BEF?  DLI Books show a transfer to South Staffordshire Regiment 9/6/1940, Docs to Shrewsbury 28/6/1940. No trace of this transfer has been found in South Staffordshire Books - the relevant Enlistment Book may be missing.  Served Normandy.  KILLED in ACTION 16/7/1944 with 1/6th Bn South Staffordshire Regiment.
 
|Joined Brigade=18-Apr-40
 
|Joined Brigade=18-Apr-40
 
|Promotions=Corporal
 
|Promotions=Corporal
 
|Died/Killed in action=16/7/1944
 
|Died/Killed in action=16/7/1944
|Home address=Research suggests that Cpl Mellor was born in Barnsley.  Son of Frank Armitage Mellor and Lillian Mellor (nee White) of 20 Beaumont Street, Hoyland Common.  Buried Grave II.D.1. Fontenay-le-Pesnel War Cemetery, Tessel.
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|Home address=Son of Frank Armitage Mellor and Lillian Mellor (nee White) of 20 Beaumont Street, Hoyland Common.  Buried Grave II.D.1. Fontenay-le-Pesnel War Cemetery, Tessel.
 
|Source table=10DLI
 
|Source table=10DLI
 
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Personnel Entry

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Name Mellor Harry
Army number 4692669
Rank Pte
Decorations
Date of birth Born 25/3/1910 Barnsley.
Age 0
Unit King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry - enlistment date not known (Enlistment Books missing). Trf to The Durham Light Infantry 18/4/1940, Posted 10th Bn DLI. Served BEF? DLI Books show a transfer to South Staffordshire Regiment 9/6/1940, Docs to Shrewsbury 28/6/1940. No trace of this transfer has been found in South Staffordshire Books - the relevant Enlistment Book may be missing. Served Normandy. KILLED in ACTION 16/7/1944 with 1/6th Bn South Staffordshire Regiment.
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade 18-Apr-40
Promotions Corporal
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action 16/7/1944
Home address Son of Frank Armitage Mellor and Lillian Mellor (nee White) of 20 Beaumont Street, Hoyland Common. Buried Grave II.D.1. Fontenay-le-Pesnel War Cemetery, Tessel.
Source table 10DLI