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Corporal COLIN DEREK REX MELLOWS

Service Number: 2285943
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Date of Death

Died 25 December 1947

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

COLOMBO (LIVERAMENTU) CEMETERY

8. F. 1.

Sri Lanka

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Joshua Collins Mellows and Bertha Winnifred Mellows, of Bishops Tawton, Devon.
  • Personal Inscription "GOD GAVE US MEMORIES THAT WE MIGHT HAVE ROSES IN DECEMBER" NEVER FORGOTTEN
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Buried or commemorated at

COLOMBO (LIVERAMENTU) CEMETERY
Sri Lanka
Number of casualties: 621
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