Personal Details
Born: 2 August 1889 in Bickley, Cheshire and baptised on 22 September 1889 at St. Oswald’s Church, Malpas, Cheshire.
Family: He was the third of seven children born to Thomas Mellor, a gardener’s labourer, and his wife Ann. He married Bathsheba A Broom in 1915 in Whitchurch, Shropshire and together they had one child – William E.
Residence: He lived in Bickley all his life: in 1891 and 1901 in Bickley, in 1911 in Bickley Moss. His military records have an address of The Fields and in 1939 he lived in Bickley Moss.
Education: He attended Cholmondeley County Primary School in 1896.
Employment: In 1911 he was a joiner (he was a member of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters, Cabinetmakers and Joiners, admitted in 1918); in 1939 he was a building department foreman and joiner.
Died: In 1962 in Cheshire, aged 72.
Military Details
Regiment: Royal Engineers
Rank: Sapper
Service Number: 51026
Date of Enlistment: 10 September 1914
Date of Discharge: 5 March 1915
Reason for Discharge: Not likely to become an efficient soldier.
No medals identified; it is unlikely he was awarded any as there is no evidence of overseas service