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Ordinary Seaman ROBERT WILLIAM MELLANBY

Service Number: C/JX 226060
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Goatfell

Date of Death

Died 12 May 1941

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

THORNABY-ON-TEES CEMETERY

Plot C. Row D. Grave 11.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Frederick H. Mellanby and Isabel S. Mellanby; stepson of George R. Dale, of Thornaby-on-Tees.
  • Personal Inscription SWEET IS THE FRAGRANCE OF REMEMBRANCE
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Buried or commemorated at

THORNABY-ON-TEES CEMETERY
Yorkshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 161
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