Army Number: 2720191 Rank: Guardsman Name: J MELIA Unit: 1 Company, 1 Irish Guards Theatre: Italy Missing Personnel file: 1st Battalion IRISH GUARDS - Italy, Missing Personnel file TNA Reference: WO 361/784 Notes: Date of Payment 14 January 1944, 200 Local Currency
Casualty Guardsman MELIA, JOHN WILLIAM Service Number 2720191 Died 30/01/1944 Aged 27 1st Bn. Irish Guards Son of Joseph and Daisy Melia, of Leeds, Yorkshire; husband of Elsie Melia, of Leeds. INSCRIPTION: R.I.P. Buried at ANZIO WAR CEMETERY Location: Italy Cemetery/memorial reference: IV, E, 6. See cemetery plan
