Powys-Lybbe Forbears - Person Sheet
Powys-Lybbe Forbears - Person Sheet
NamePte James Mellon 
[4, 1901, RG 13/4629, for 15 Marton St (?), Port Clarence, Co Durham], [3, His birth, Q4 of 1894, Stockton dist, vol 10a, p. 78], [37, His death on 22 mar 1918, recorded on Pozieres Memorial]
[4, 1901, RG 13/4629, for 15 Marton St (?), Port Clarence, Co Durham], [3, His birth, Q4 of 1894, Stockton dist, vol 10a, p. 78], [37, His death on 22 mar 1918, recorded on Pozieres Memorial]Birthca Nov 1894, Port Clarence, Co Durham
Death22 Mar 1918, Slain in battle on the Somme in WW1
BurialPOZIERES MEMORIAL, Somme, France
GeneralA Private in 9th Bn of King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.
FatherCorneilius (Neil) Mellon (born Mallon) (ca1853-ca1909)
MotherMargaret Yarrow (ca1852-ca1921)
Notes for Pte James Mellon
In the 1901 census he was living with his parents at 15 Marton St (?), Port Clarence, Co Durham, aged 6, born in Port Clarence, Co Durham.
In 1911 he was living with his mother and siblings Francis, Hugh and Margaret. He was an errand boy with a firm of wine and spirit merchants.
No marriage in the Mbro/Stockton area.
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His death record on FindMyPast:
First name(s) James
Last name Mellon
Birth year 1895
Age 23
Death year 1918
Death date 22 Mar 1918
Number 24705
Rank Private
Unit 9th Bn.
Regiment King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Grave reference Panel 59 and 60.
Cemetery or memorial Pozieres Memorial
Burial country France
Additional information Son of the late Neal and Margaret Mellon.
Link https://www.cwgc.org/find/find-war-dead
War First World War, 1914-1918
Record set Commonwealth War Graves Commission Debt Of Honour
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In 1911 he was living with his mother and siblings Francis, Hugh and Margaret. He was an errand boy with a firm of wine and spirit merchants.
No marriage in the Mbro/Stockton area.
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His death record on FindMyPast:
First name(s) James
Last name Mellon
Birth year 1895
Age 23
Death year 1918
Death date 22 Mar 1918
Number 24705
Rank Private
Unit 9th Bn.
Regiment King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Grave reference Panel 59 and 60.
Cemetery or memorial Pozieres Memorial
Burial country France
Additional information Son of the late Neal and Margaret Mellon.
Link https://www.cwgc.org/find/find-war-dead
War First World War, 1914-1918
Record set Commonwealth War Graves Commission Debt Of Honour
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Mon Inscripts notes for Pte James Mellon
His memorial on CWGC site:
MELLON, JAMES
Initials: J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Unit Text: 9th Bn.
Age: 23
Date of Death: 22/03/1918
Service No: 24705
Additional information: Son of the late Neal and Margaret Mellon.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 59 and 60.
Memorial: POZIERES MEMORIAL
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his mellon relations think he is on a memorial either on the Cenotaph in Port Clarence or in Middlesbrough near the Dorman Museum (or both?).
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MELLON, JAMES
Initials: J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Unit Text: 9th Bn.
Age: 23
Date of Death: 22/03/1918
Service No: 24705
Additional information: Son of the late Neal and Margaret Mellon.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 59 and 60.
Memorial: POZIERES MEMORIAL
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his mellon relations think he is on a memorial either on the Cenotaph in Port Clarence or in Middlesbrough near the Dorman Museum (or both?).
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