J MELVIN

NAME & RANK JOHN JEROME MELVIN    PRIVATE
D.O.B. 18th AUGUST 1894  SHERBURN-IN-ELMET
DATE ENLISTED 3rd NOVEMBER 1914
PLACE ENLISTED
ARMY No. PO / 302(S)
ATTESTATION No.
REGIMENT ROYAL MARINE LIGHT INFANTRY
BATTALION PORTSMOUTH BATTALION ROYAL NAVAL DIVISION. SHORT SERVICE
WHERE SERVED GALLIPOLI TURKEY
BATTLES
DECORATIONS
WOUNDS DIED ENTETIC FEVER
DATE OF DEATH 5th SEPTEMBER 1915  AGED 21
PLACE OF DEATH RETURNED HOME
WHERE BURIED NORMANTON CEMETERY
OCCUPATION BEFORE WAR LABOURER
MARRAGE N/A
WIFE NAME N/A
CHILDREN N/A
ADDRESS
PARENTS NAMES F. PATRICK MELVIN ( ORIGINALLY IRELAND)

M  MARY ANN MELVIN
PARENTS ADDRESS HIGH STREET SHERBURN-IN-ELMET

MOVED TO 6 BRIDGE STREET CASTLEFORD RD.

NORMANTON
FURTHER INFORMATION PRIVATE MELVIN IS REMEMBERED AT HELLES MEMORIAL GALLIPOLI IN TURKEY AND HIS NAME APPEARS ON THE ROYAL NAVY AND ROYAL MARINES WAR GRAVE ROLL