Harry Mellors
Harry Mellors was a hosiery trimmer in 1901 and a miner (hewer) in 1911.
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Harry Mellors was born in 1885 at Arnold, he was the son of Arthur a coal miner hewer and Mary Ann Mellors née Mayfield and the brother of Herbert, Minnie, Arthur, Eliza and Mary Mellors of Cross Street, Arnold.
His father Arthur was born in 1860 at Arnold, his mother Mary Mayfield was born in 1861 also in Arnold, they were married on 6th November 1881 at St Mary's Church, Arnold, they went on to have 8 children, sadly two were to die i infancy or early childhoodIn
1901 the family lived on Cross Street, Arnold, Nottingham and by 1911 had moved to Front Street, Arnold.
Corporal Harry Mellors enlisted at Derby he formerly served (6803) with the Sherwood Foresters, he was killed in action on 3rd October 1915 having no known grave his name is commemorated on the Loos Memorial, Dud Corner, Panels 49 & 50
Harry Mellors was killed during ferocious fighting at the Hohenzollern Redoubt, a German 6th Army strongpoint, during the Battle of Loos. On September 30th 1915, 2nd Bn Cheshire Regiment occupied trenches on the Redoubt's west face. For the next three days they were subjected to heavy, continuous fire from trench mortars, bombs and aerial torpedoes. Then at 7.45 am on October 3rd, according to the battalion war diary (TNA WO95/2276/2), 'the enemy delivered an unexpected attack on our left with bombs and machine guns and eventually turned it. The battalion fought well but were driven back. The enemy occupied the west face of the Hohenzollern Redoubt. The bn was withdrawn and slept the night in Lancaster Dug Out.' 153 men from 2nd Bn Cheshire Regiment, including Harry Mellors, lost their lives defending the Hohenzollern Redoubt on October 3rd 1915 (CWGC Debt of Honour Register).
Research by David Nunn
additional research Peter Gillings
Photo of Harry Mellors
Loos Memorial, Belgium