BORN WITHERNSEA 1889. SECOND SON OF WILLIAM & MARY MELTON, OF 22 EMPRINGHAM STREET, HEDON ROAD, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). BROTHERS, ERNEST AND JOHN, AND SISTERS, LOUISE AND EDITH. HE WORKED AS A GENERAL LABOURER LIKE HIS FATHER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN THE EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED AT HULL HOSPITAL, ON 20/12/1915, AGED 26. HE IS BURIED AT HULL’S HEDON ROAD CEMETERY.
HIS BROTHER, ERNEST WILSON MELTON, 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, DIED AT THE SOMME, ON 27/11/1916, AGED 23.
First name:
ALBERT
Regiment:
Military Number:
4862
Rank:
Private
Date Died
20/12/1915
Place died:
Hull (Hedon Road) Cemetery, East Yorkshire, UK
Age:
26
