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Private ERNEST MELEM

Service Number: 10503
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Manchester Regiment

18th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 08 March 1916

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SUZANNE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

F. 9.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Hellen Melem, of Levenshulme, Manchester; husband of Edith Paton (formerly Melem), of 86, Silverdale St., Higher Openshaw, Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT HE LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
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Buried or commemorated at

SUZANNE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 155
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