- 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
J. Melvin
Where he is remembered
Buried here: Normanton Cemetery, Yorkshire