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Private JOHN JAMES MELVILLE

Service Number: 39972
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Durham Light Infantry

6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 28 March 1918

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY

VIII. D. 17A.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mrs. Larkins, of West Hartlepool; husband of Ada Melville, of 6, Carter St., Bishopwearmouth, Sunderland.
  • Personal Inscription IN LOVING MEMORY FROM HIS DEARLY BELOVED WIFE ADA
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Buried or commemorated at

WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 3036
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