Family :

Education & Career :

Educated Nottingham High School. Attended Addison Street Congregational Church. Profession: chartered accountant.

Service Life:

Campaigns:

• The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.

"The Battle of Loos (25 September to 18 October 1915) was the major battle on the Western Front in 1915, surpassing in every respect all that had gone before in terms of numbers of men and materiel committed to battle. The preliminary bombardment was the most violent to date and the battle was charaterised by the committment of Regular and Territorial battalions on a large scale, in which the Territorials performed just as well as the Regulars. As the battles on the Western Front in 1915 increased in size and violence, so the casualties increased in proportion: Neuve Chapelle 12,000, Aubers Ridge/Festubert 29,000 , Loos 60,000. 1916 was to take the casualty cost to another level. Loos was intended as a minor role in support of French efforts around Arras but circumstances reduced the French effort. It marked the first use of poison gas by the British. Once the initial assualt had failed the battle continued in a series of actions mostly focused on the northern sector around the tactically important Hohenzollern Redoubt."

Detail :

The notice of his death appeared in the Nottingham Evening Post on the 3rd July, 1917:- "MELLOR.-On the 2nd inst., at Nordrach Sanatorium, Banchory, Scotland, Percy William Mellor, late Lieutenant Sherwood Foresters, youngest son of Mr. Aaron Mellor, Nottingham, aged 36 years. Funeral General Cemetery, Nottingham, Friday next." [*Banchory-Ternan Sanatorium, Aberdeenshire]

... which was also reported in the Nottingham Evening Post dated 7th July 1917 :- “ADJUTANT OF THE SHERWOODS. “Funeral in Nottingham of Captain P. W. Mellor. “The honours of a military funeral were yesterday, [6th July 1917] accorded to Adjutant Percy William Mellor (36), late of the Sherwood Foresters, and youngest son of Mr. Aaron Mellor, Nottingham, who died in a sanatorium following upon a breakdown in health. A gun carriage bore the coffin, enfolded in a Union Jack, to the General Cemetery, Nottingham, whilst a party of khaki-clad bearers also attended. “The deceased, who was in the Robin Hoods, and was appointed adjutant in March last, saw service in Dublin during the Irish trouble, but had not been out to the British front. “Captain J. A. H. Green attended on behalf of the 7th Sherwoods, whilst in addition to relatives and friends there were a large number of sympathetic onlookers around the grave, including Messrs. C. R. Woodward, W. R. Coupe, V. W. Trivett (representing Mr. E. Harlow, with whom deceased was articled and the staff). A. E. Perry, and the W. M. (Mr. F. H. Starling) and several members of the Newstead Lodge of Freemasons. “The Rev. A. Mann, Addison-street Church, officiated and there was a large number of beautiful floral tokens.”

Masonic :

Discrepancies (Require checks, clarity or further research) :

Roll lists as MELLORS. Original source stated that DoD was 13th October 1915, but UGLE records show DoD as 2nd July 1917. Also age, 21 versus 31 for Initiation date. This entry now referencing Percy William Mellor, who did War Service (w.s.) and reported as died.

Source :

The project globally acknowledges the following as sources of information for research across the whole database:

• The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
• The (UK) National Archives
• Ancestry.co.uk - Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History online
• ugle.org.uk - The records of the United Grand Lodge of England including the Library and Museum of Freemasonry

Additional Source:

• Founder Researchers : Paul Masters & Mike McCarthy
• Researcher : Bruce Littley
• Researcher : Tom Hawley