Basic Details
Surname
Mellor
Forenames
P E M
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative forename
Philip Evert McIlvaine
Served or died
Died
Honours
Military Cross
Notes
All extra information is has been provided by the College Archivist (see References) in response to an enquiry from the IWM, including this biographical detail: '(1920) Born 5 February 1903, 14 Victoria Road, Kensington, London; son of Frank Mellor, Barrister-at-Law, and Elizabeth Markoe Camac. BA 1925. Tutor(s): E E Sikes. Johnian Relatives: son of Frank Mellor (1880). Educ: Kensington High School; Mr C H Gibbs’ Preparatory School, London; Westminster School. Career: Inspector, Sudan Plantations Syndicate Ltd 1925; 1st Parachute Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment 1940; Captain, AAC, WWII. Honours: MC. Publications: ‘The Cottage’, The Eagle 43, 1924. Died 3 February 1943 (killed in action in North Africa).'
Primary Service
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Year of death
1943
Month of death
February
Day of death
3
Age at death
39
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action