Mellor Harry Pte 4692669

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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 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.
Source table 10DLI