Arthur Mellor (c.1893-1917)
An ongoing project to commemorate and research the lives of those who appear on war memorials and rolls of honour in the local area, who served in the military, or whose deaths were linked to conflict.
Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922
The following extract is from Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922 (2014) by J. Margaret Stansfield:
- MELLOR, ARTHUR. Private. No 241610. 2/5th Battalion Duke of Wellington's Regiment. Born Hepworth. Son of Joshua and Annis Mellor of Dean Bridge Farm, Hepworth. Employed as a miner by Messrs Tinker Brothers, Wood Pit, Hepworth, and by Messrs J. and J. W. Longbottom, Bridge Foundry, Holmfirth. Was well known in the Holmfirth district as a gymnast. Enlisted 13.3.1916. Reported missing, presumed killed, at the Battle of Bullecourt, 3.5.1917, aged 23 years. Has no known grave. Commemorated ARRAS MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING.
- Brother of Private LINDLEY MELLOR died of wounds, 25.12.1916.
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- Private ARTHUR MELLOR
- regiment: Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding)
- died: Thursday, May 3, 1917
- age: 23 years
- record ID: 780966
Links
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission (ID #780966)
- Imperial War Museums: Lives of the First World War (ID #3005414)