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Private JOHN MELIA

Service Number: 14723710
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Dorsetshire Regiment

4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 16 February 1945

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

UDEN WAR CEMETERY

6. F. 12.

Netherlands

Headstone

Photographer: Chris Leach

  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas and Mary Elizabeth Melia, of Prescot, Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription BEAUTIFUL MEMORIES OF A SMILING FACE AND A BROKEN LINK WE CAN NEVER REPLACE

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Buried or commemorated at

UDEN WAR CEMETERY
Noord-Brabant Netherlands
Number of casualties: 703
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