4545395 Private E MELLING, 1 West Yorkshire Reg (Prince of Wales Own): 25/03/1945

Remembering Today

Casualty
Private MELLING, ERNEST
Service Number 4545395
Died 25/03/1945
Aged 33
1st Bn. West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)
Son of Walter and Alice Melling, of Halifax, Yorkshire; husband of Ivy Melling, of Halifax.
INSCRIPTION: IN LOVING MEMORY OF ERNEST. IN THE GARDEN OF MEMORIES WE MEET EVERY DAY
Buried at TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY
Location: Myanmar
Number of casualties: 5580
Cemetery/memorial reference: 20. B. 21.

 

This poor chap died on my birthday. RIP
Stefan.

 

Parents:
1939 REGISTER TRANSCRIPTION
12 Athol Gardens , Halifax C.B., Yorkshire (West Riding)
NAME DOB OCCUPATION
Walter Melling 15 Dec 1885 Pavior
Alice Melling 07 Mar 1885 Unpaid Domestic Duties
Harold Melling 22 Nov 1916 Machine Tool Fitter
Marjorie Birchenough (Melling) 11 Mar 1926 At School

1939 REGISTER TRANSCRIPTION
33 Rhondda Place, Halifax C.B., Yorkshire (West Riding)
NAME DOB OCCUPATION
Ernest Melling 04 Feb 1912 Mason Stone (Stone Quarry)
Ivy G T Bates (Melling) 10 Mar 1915 Weaver (Artificial Silk)

Marriages Sep 1937
Melling Ernest Cottam Halifax 9a 1290
Cottam Ivy G T Melling Halifax 9a 1290

No children.

Widow Ivy died in 1982.