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Corporal HARRY MELTON

Service Number: T/2469
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Middlesex Regiment

1st/7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 October 1916

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GUARDS' CEMETERY, LESBOEUFS

VII. X. 6.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Medal
  • Additional Info Son of William Bird Melton and Emma Melton, of 138, Victoria Rd., Lower Edmonton, London.
  • Personal Inscription DUTY DONE, HONOURS WON MIZPAH NOW, YOU DEAR SON IS WISH OF DAD AND MUM
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Buried or commemorated at

GUARDS' CEMETERY, LESBOEUFS
Somme France
Number of casualties: 3143
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