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Military service
Service number:
R/81078
Age:
21
Rank:
Observer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
207 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Death:
May 24, 1942
Tavistock, South Devon, England
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Sec. R. 1. Grave 2.
Additional information
Son of Richard and Beatrice Mellish, of Armstrong, British Columbia.
Digital gallery of Observer Richard Lewis Mellish
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Grave Marker
Sgt. Mellish's grave at Buckland Monochorum cemetery in Devon, UK, photographed on Jan. 25, 2017. He died in an RCAF/RAF crash near here on return from a 1942 mission at the age of 21. Photo courtesy of Rona Leduc. -
Group Photo
This is an image of my mother Rona Williamson, later Leduc, as a nurse-probationer, with her then fiancé Richard Mellish, taken about 1941 before he left for Britain to serve in the RCAF/RAF. My mother died in 2017 and I hereby give permission for this photo to be reproduced on the Virtual War Memorial website for Richard Mellish. Photo courtesy of Joanne Sawadsky. -
Group Photo
This photo is of my uncle Richard Mellish, known as Uncle Richie, Dick or Son. He was the third oldest son of Beatrice and Richard Mellish's children, Majorie, Noreen, Richard, Lorna, and Bert, who are all now deceased. This image is of him with his youngest sibling, Bert, in about 1941. As closest living relative, I give specific permission for the photo of Bert to appear. Photo courtesy of Leonard Glaicar. -
Group Photo
This photo is of my uncle, Richard Mellish, and an unknown friend on his left. Richard also known as Uncle Richie, Dick or Son was the third oldest son of Beatrice and Richard Mellish, his sibling were Marjorie, Noreen, Richard, Lorna, and Bert, who are all now deceased. Photo courtesy of Leonard Glaicar. -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Observer Richard Lewis Mellish is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Observer Richard Lewis Mellish is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star May 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Observer Richard Lewis Mellish
Digital gallery of
Observer Richard Lewis Mellish
Digital gallery of
Observer Richard Lewis Mellish
Digital gallery of
Observer Richard Lewis Mellish
Digital gallery of
Observer Richard Lewis Mellish
Digital gallery of
Observer Richard Lewis Mellish
Digital gallery of
Observer Richard Lewis Mellish
Digital gallery of
Observer Richard Lewis Mellish
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Commemorated on:
Page 98 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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BUCKLAND MONACHORUM CEMETERY Devon, United Kingdom
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