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|Army number=4692669
|Army number=4692669
|Rank=Pte
|Rank=Pte
|Date of birth=25/3/1910
|Date of birth=Born 25/3/1910 Barnsley.
|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 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 and Lillian Mellor (nee White) of 20 Beaumont Street, Hoyland Common.  Buried Grave II.D.1. Fontenay-le-Pesnel War Cemetery, Tessel.
|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