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Second Lieutenant IAN FORBES MELVILLE

Service Number: 189789
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Armoured Corps

4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters)

Date of Death

Died 05 June 1942

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA

3. B. 24.

Libya

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas Hudspith Melville and Winifred Mary Melville, of Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire.
  • Personal Inscription UNTIL THE DAY BREAK AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY
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Buried or commemorated at

KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA
Libya
Number of casualties: 3670
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