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|Army number=4692669
 
|Army number=4692669
 
|Rank=Pte
 
|Rank=Pte
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|Date of birth=25/3/1910
 
|Age=0
 
|Age=0
 
|Unit=King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, Enlistment Books missing, Trf Durham Light Infantry 18/4/1940, Posted 10th Bn DLI, DLI Books show Trf to South Staffordshire Regiment 9/6/1940, Docs to Shrewsbury 28/6/1940, No trace in South Staffordshire Books.  KILLED in ACTION 16/7/1944 with 1/6th Bn South Staffordshire Regiment.
 
|Unit=King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, Enlistment Books missing, Trf Durham Light Infantry 18/4/1940, Posted 10th Bn DLI, DLI Books show Trf to South Staffordshire Regiment 9/6/1940, Docs to Shrewsbury 28/6/1940, No trace in South Staffordshire Books.  KILLED in ACTION 16/7/1944 with 1/6th Bn South Staffordshire Regiment.
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|Promotions=Corporal
 
|Promotions=Corporal
 
|Died/Killed in Action=16/7/1944
 
|Died/Killed in Action=16/7/1944
|Home Address=No family information.  Buried Grave II.D.1. Fontenay-le-Pesnel War Cemetery, Tessel.
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|Home Address=Research suggests that Cpl Mellor was born in Barnsley.  Son of Frank Armitage 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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Revision as of 15:32, 7 July 2014

Personnel Entry

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Name Mellor Harry
Army number 4692669
Rank Pte
Decorations
Date of birth 25/3/1910
Age 0
Unit King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, Enlistment Books missing, Trf Durham Light Infantry 18/4/1940, Posted 10th Bn DLI, DLI Books show Trf to South Staffordshire Regiment 9/6/1940, Docs to Shrewsbury 28/6/1940, No trace in South Staffordshire Books. 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
Home address
Source table 10DLI