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Son of Mr. and Mrs. James Melvin, of South Lodge, Pittrichie. Aberdeenshire. Scotland.
Digital gallery of Sergeant Arthur Davidson Melvin
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Arthur Davidson Melvin
Vimy Memorial - August 2012 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Arthur Davidson Melvin
Vimy Memorial - August 2012 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Arthur Davidson Melvin
August 2012 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Arthur Davidson Melvin
Sergeant Arthur Melvin #446966 paid the ultimate sacrifice in a sad way. While taking part in the attack on Thelus, he was struck full in the face with a 77 mm shell out of a German Field Gun.
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Sergeant Arthur Davidson Melvin
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial (2010). Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens)
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Sergeant Arthur Davidson Melvin
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens)
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Arthur Davidson Melvin
Photo of Sgt. Arthur Melvin found in August 2023 Canadian Family Military Magazine Article about Sgt. Melvin's remains identified in a grave previously marked for an unknown soldier.
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Vimy Memorial - August 2012 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Vimy Memorial - August 2012 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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August 2012 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Sergeant Arthur Melvin #446966 paid the ultimate sacrifice in a sad way. While taking part in the attack on Thelus, he was struck full in the face with a 77 mm shell out of a German Field Gun.
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His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial (2010). Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens)
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Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens)
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Photo of Sgt. Arthur Melvin found in August 2023 Canadian Family Military Magazine Article about Sgt. Melvin's remains identified in a grave previously marked for an unknown soldier.
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 293 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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BOIS-CARRE BRITISH CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Thelus is a village 7 kilometres north of Arras and BOIS-CARRE BRITISH CEMETERY is about half a mile east of the village on the south side of the D49 road to Bailleul-sire-Berthoult.
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