Basic Details
Surname
Mellor
Forenames
N E
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative forename
Norman
Served or died
Died
Notes
Hornshaw and Fowler provide the extra details. Educated at Bradford Grammar, he joined the OTC in 1915 , then the West Riding Regiment before transfer to the RFC where he was once blinded in an air battle. Later an instructor, he drowned when the mail steamer Leinster was torpedoed off Dun Laoghaire. He was buried in Halifax after a Memorial Service in the town's Parish Church.
Primary Service
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of burial
England
Town of burial
Halifax
Cemetery
Salterhebble
Year of death
1918
Month of death
October
Day of death
10
Age at death
21
Manner of death as stated
Not stated on this memorial
Manner of death reference
Other