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Gunner GEORGE MELBOURNE

Service Number: 805320
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Field Artillery

"B" Bty. 231st Bde.

Date of Death

Died 15 August 1917

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FOSSE NO.10 COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, SAINS-EN-GOHELLE

II. C. 28.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Medal
  • Additional Info Son of George and Alice Emily Melbourne, of 97, Liverpool Rd., Stoke-on-Trent.
  • Personal Inscription ONE OF THE DEAREST ONE OF THE BEST GRANT HIM DEAR LORD ETERNAL REST
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Buried or commemorated at

FOSSE NO.10 COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, SAINS-EN-GOHELLE
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 471
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