BORN HULL 1891. SON OF JAMES & MARY ELIZABETH MELADY, OF 8, HENRY TERRACE, WEST PARADE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
SERVED AS PRIVATE, 21997, EYR. DIED ON 08/03/1921, AGED 30.
HIS PHOTOGRAPH WAS PRINTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 21ST JUNE 1916 ALONG WITH HIS FIVE OTHER BROTHERS WHO ALSO SERVED. *
THESE WERE CHIEF COAST GUARDSMAN, THOMAS MELADY; PTE JIM MELADY, 4TH EYR; PTE, HARRY MELADY, 9TH EYR (died of war wounds on 28/03/1921); DRUMMER, ROBERT MELADY, 2ND EYR; & STOKER, SID MELADY, HMS ‘ANDROMACHE’.
HIS BROTHER JOSEPH MELADY WAS AN EXPERIENCED SEA MECHANIC AND HAD RECEIVED THE LONG SERVICE & GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL. HE DIED AT JUTLAND, SERVING ON HMS “DEFENCE”, ON 31/05/1916.
First name:
HENRY
Regiment:
Military Number:
21997
Rank:
Private
Date Died
08/03/1921
Age:
30
