Lieutenant Norman Mellor.
The Duke of Wellington (West Riding) Regiment,
transferred to
The Royal Air Force.
Aged 21.
Son of Eli Exley Mellor [1861-1926] and Emily Jane née Jeakins Mellor [1861-1934], of "Stirtloe," Buckden, Huntingdon.
They were married in Halifax, in Summer 1888.
Eli Mellor was a Draper.
Norman was born in Halifax, in 1897.
Educated at Bradford Grammar School.
He had been serving as an Instructor at the RAF Training Depot Station at Baldonnell, Co. Dublin, before returning to England.
The 19th Training Squadron was based at Curragh Camp, Newbridge, Co. Kildare.
A group of trainees had been based there and were now being transferred to Egypt.
Among the casualties of the Royal Air Force group were
Lieutenant Norman Mellor
Corporal Harry Aldridge
Private Thomas Cardiff
Private John Corrigan
Air Mechanic William Crichton
Private Patrick Gilligan
Private Edward Kelly
Private Robert O'Grady
Air Mechanic Thomas Reilly
Private Thomas Woodgate
He was a military passenger on board R.M.S. Leinster which was sunk by torpedoes in the Irish Sea, 16 miles east of Dublin, shortly before 10am on the morning of 10th October 1918, on its outbound journey of 100km [68 miles] from Kingstown [now Dun Laoghaire], Dublin, to Holyhead, Anglesey, North Wales.
His body was recovered, and buried in Halifax on 16 October 1918, with full military honours and a firing party from the local barracks.
His name is included in
R.M.S. Leinster Casualties I - Z
The Duke of Wellington (West Riding) Regiment,
transferred to
The Royal Air Force.
Aged 21.
Son of Eli Exley Mellor [1861-1926] and Emily Jane née Jeakins Mellor [1861-1934], of "Stirtloe," Buckden, Huntingdon.
They were married in Halifax, in Summer 1888.
Eli Mellor was a Draper.
Norman was born in Halifax, in 1897.
Educated at Bradford Grammar School.
He had been serving as an Instructor at the RAF Training Depot Station at Baldonnell, Co. Dublin, before returning to England.
The 19th Training Squadron was based at Curragh Camp, Newbridge, Co. Kildare.
A group of trainees had been based there and were now being transferred to Egypt.
Among the casualties of the Royal Air Force group were
Lieutenant Norman Mellor
Corporal Harry Aldridge
Private Thomas Cardiff
Private John Corrigan
Air Mechanic William Crichton
Private Patrick Gilligan
Private Edward Kelly
Private Robert O'Grady
Air Mechanic Thomas Reilly
Private Thomas Woodgate
He was a military passenger on board R.M.S. Leinster which was sunk by torpedoes in the Irish Sea, 16 miles east of Dublin, shortly before 10am on the morning of 10th October 1918, on its outbound journey of 100km [68 miles] from Kingstown [now Dun Laoghaire], Dublin, to Holyhead, Anglesey, North Wales.
His body was recovered, and buried in Halifax on 16 October 1918, with full military honours and a firing party from the local barracks.
His name is included in
R.M.S. Leinster Casualties I - Z
Lieutenant Norman Mellor.
The Duke of Wellington (West Riding) Regiment,
transferred to
The Royal Air Force.
Aged 21.
Son of Eli Exley Mellor [1861-1926] and Emily Jane née Jeakins Mellor [1861-1934], of "Stirtloe," Buckden, Huntingdon.
They were married in Halifax, in Summer 1888.
Eli Mellor was a Draper.
Norman was born in Halifax, in 1897.
Educated at Bradford Grammar School.
He had been serving as an Instructor at the RAF Training Depot Station at Baldonnell, Co. Dublin, before returning to England.
The 19th Training Squadron was based at Curragh Camp, Newbridge, Co. Kildare.
A group of trainees had been based there and were now being transferred to Egypt.
Among the casualties of the Royal Air Force group were
Lieutenant Norman Mellor
Corporal Harry Aldridge
Private Thomas Cardiff
Private John Corrigan
Air Mechanic William Crichton
Private Patrick Gilligan
Private Edward Kelly
Private Robert O'Grady
Air Mechanic Thomas Reilly
Private Thomas Woodgate
He was a military passenger on board R.M.S. Leinster which was sunk by torpedoes in the Irish Sea, 16 miles east of Dublin, shortly before 10am on the morning of 10th October 1918, on its outbound journey of 100km [68 miles] from Kingstown [now Dun Laoghaire], Dublin, to Holyhead, Anglesey, North Wales.
His body was recovered, and buried in Halifax on 16 October 1918, with full military honours and a firing party from the local barracks.
His name is included in
R.M.S. Leinster Casualties I - Z
The Duke of Wellington (West Riding) Regiment,
transferred to
The Royal Air Force.
Aged 21.
Son of Eli Exley Mellor [1861-1926] and Emily Jane née Jeakins Mellor [1861-1934], of "Stirtloe," Buckden, Huntingdon.
They were married in Halifax, in Summer 1888.
Eli Mellor was a Draper.
Norman was born in Halifax, in 1897.
Educated at Bradford Grammar School.
He had been serving as an Instructor at the RAF Training Depot Station at Baldonnell, Co. Dublin, before returning to England.
The 19th Training Squadron was based at Curragh Camp, Newbridge, Co. Kildare.
A group of trainees had been based there and were now being transferred to Egypt.
Among the casualties of the Royal Air Force group were
Lieutenant Norman Mellor
Corporal Harry Aldridge
Private Thomas Cardiff
Private John Corrigan
Air Mechanic William Crichton
Private Patrick Gilligan
Private Edward Kelly
Private Robert O'Grady
Air Mechanic Thomas Reilly
Private Thomas Woodgate
He was a military passenger on board R.M.S. Leinster which was sunk by torpedoes in the Irish Sea, 16 miles east of Dublin, shortly before 10am on the morning of 10th October 1918, on its outbound journey of 100km [68 miles] from Kingstown [now Dun Laoghaire], Dublin, to Holyhead, Anglesey, North Wales.
His body was recovered, and buried in Halifax on 16 October 1918, with full military honours and a firing party from the local barracks.
His name is included in
R.M.S. Leinster Casualties I - Z
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