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Memorial Plaque
Private William Melia from Bury, Lancashire
Private William Melia from Bury, Lancashire served in the 3rd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment. He died of wounds on the 16th July, 1916, Flanders, France.
At the time of enrolling, William was a butchers assistant who lived with his parents James and Martha at 58, Fleet Street, Bury. It seems strange that William served with the Worcestershire Regiment, however, army units like the Worces…
Contributors
- Bury Art Museum
Subject
- World War I
- Home Front
- Remembrance
- William Melia
- World War I
Type of item
- Story
Date
- 1916-07-16
- 1916-07-16
- 1916-07-16
Contributors
- Bury Art Museum
Subject
- World War I
- Home Front
- Remembrance
- William Melia
- World War I
Type of item
- Story
Date
- 1916-07-16
- 1916-07-16
- 1916-07-16
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
Creation date
- 2014-07-10 12:45:13 UTC
- 2014-07-10
- 2014-07-10
Temporal
- europeana19141918:timespan/3ac84872478d42bd72f6a77532f5818d
Places
- Flanders & Bury
Provenance
- INTERNET
Source
- UGC
Identifier
- 16716
- https://1914-1918.europeana.eu/contributions/16716
Language
- English
- eng
Is part of
- EnrichEuropeana
Providing country
- Europe
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2019-09-11T08:25:51.340Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2023-06-05T08:05:33.085Z