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Second Lieutenant WILL SIMPSON MELVIN

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force

Date of Death

Died 23 August 1918

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MAZINGARBE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

III. D. 3.

France

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment and 1st/4th Bn. Rifle Brigade
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Melvin, of "Oakdene," Sherbrooke Avenue, Pollokshields, Glasgow.
  • Personal Inscription ONLY SON OF WILLIAM MELVIN POLLOKSHIELDS, GLASGOW "BELOVED"
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Buried or commemorated at

MAZINGARBE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 250
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