BORN HULL 1898. SON OF THOMAS MELLES (1865-1933) & ELIZABETH KEECH (1866-1942), OF 13 LAKE STREET, HULL. A FORMER RULLYMAN.
ENLISTED HULL IN 1915. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 201217. 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 27/06/1917, AGED 19. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, ELIZABETH.
HIS FATHER HAD BEEN SERVING IN THE WAR FOR THREE YEARS AND ANOTHER BROTHER WAS IN THE ARMY. HIS MOTHER HAD A BROTHER AND SEVEN NEPHEWS SERVING.
NB: JOHN, FRANK & ROBERT MELLES- 6 LORENZO TERRACE, DERBY STREET, HULL.
First name:
THOMAS
Regiment:
Military Number:
201217
Rank:
Private
Date Died
27/04/1917
Place died:
Wancourt British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
19
