Gunner 4955 John Melia
Regiment/Unit: Royal Field Artillery - 190th Bde.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Age at death: 23
Date of death: 22nd of September 1917
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Larch Wood Railway Cutting Cemetery - Sp. Mem. B. 38.
Census details:
1901 - 7 years old John is living at 29 Bold Street, St Helens with widowed mother Catherine (40) and five siblings: [cas=3431]James Melia[/cas] (13), Peter (12), Charles (9), Mary (5), Bridget (3). Also at the address is uncle George Melia (48) and boarder Edward Gerrity (60). 1911 - Sees 17 years old 'Sheet Glass Labourer' John living at 29 Bold Street, St Helens with widowed mother Catherine (49) and four siblings: [cas=3431]James Melia[/cas] (23), Charles (19), Mary (15), Bridget (15). Also at the address is uncle Peter Melia (52).
Notes:
[note=196]Two Melia brothers who died in The Great War[/note] Age taken from census.
[note=196]Two Melia brothers who died in The Great War[/note] Age taken from census.
[pic]imgs/S1PWHYAOTV/J_Melia_RFA_zps4d20eff1.jpg[/pic][caption]The headstone of Gunner John Melia at Larch Wood (Railway Cutting) Cemetery
(Photograph courtesy of Frederik Sohier)[/caption]
