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who was buried in the grounds of the Chateau of Verneuille. Lieut.
Meiklejohn had qualified as first class interpreter in both Russian and
French. He _m._ at Edinburgh, 14 April, 1914, Sybil Maud, only
dau. of John Charles Stewart, of Kinlochmoidart and Glenmoidart, co.
Inverness, J.P., and had a son, Kenneth Mathew, _b._ posthumous,
14 Jan. 1915.
[Illustration: =Kenneth F. Meiklejohn.=]
=MELIA, EDWARD=, Corpl., No. 705, 15th Battn. Australian Imperial
Force, _s._ of P. Melia, of Liverpool; served in Egypt and at the
Dardanelles; killed in action, 2 May, 1915.
=MELLETT, MARTIN=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4459), S.S.
103473, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MELLISH, CHARLES HERBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 11127, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=MELSON, JOHN RAITHBY=, L.-Corpl., No. 11754, 2nd Battn.
Coldstream Guards, _s._ of Tom Melson, of 4, Whostenholme
Place, off Powell Street, Sheffield, by his wife, Jemima, dau. of
John Richardson; _b._ Sheffield, 15 Aug. 1889; educ. St. John's
National School, there; was a Rigger by trade; enlisted soon after
the outbreak of war, 7 Sept. 1914; went to France, 21 Jan. 1915, and
died in No. 10 Stationary Hospital, St. Omer, 5 Aug. 1915, of wounds
received in action, 11 July, and was buried in the French Souvenir
Cemetery at St. Omer; _unm._
[Illustration: =John Raithby Melson.=]
=MELSON, ROBERT=, Private, No. 11564, 3rd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, yr. _s._ of Tom Melson, of 4, Whostenholme Place, Powell
Street, Sheffield, by his wife, Jemima, dau. of John Richardson;
_b._ Sheffield, co. York. 21 Jan. 1894; educ. St. John's National
School, Sheffield; was a Steel Warehouseman; enlisted 6 Sept. 1914;
went to the Front, 21 Jan. 1915, and was killed in action at the
Battle of Cuinchy, 7 Feb. following, and buried in Bethune Churchyard.
Belgium; _unm._ He was the younger of the two brothers, but the
first to be killed.
[Illustration: =Robert Melson.=]
=MELVILLE, WILLIAM=, Private, No 14481, King's Coy., 1st Battn.
Grenadier Guards, _s._ of Hugh Melville, of Portgower, Helmsdale,
co. Sutherland, by his wife, Betsy, dau. of James Morrison, of Scourie;
_b._ Portgower afsd., 15 Oct. 1886; educ. Portgower School; was
a member of the Edinburgh City Police, and later of the Metropolitan
Police; joined the Grenadier Guards in Sept. 1909; was selected as one
of the special guards at the Coronation of King George; serving three
years with the Colours, he was placed on the Reserve for 10 years,
and emigrated to Canada in 1912, where he joined the Winnipeg Police,
being rapidly promoted to the rank of detective. On the outbreak of the
European War he was called to rejoin his regiment; left for England, 17
Aug. 1914; went to France, 8 Sept.; took part in the severe fighting
till 12 Jan. 1915, when he got entangled in barbed wire around a German
trench, and was so wounded that he was removed to hospital; rejoined
his regt. 5 March, and died in No. 7 Casualty Clearing Station, 13
March. 1915. from wounds received in action the previous day at the
battle of Neuve Chapelle; _unm._ Buried in Merville Cemetery. A
brass tablet to his memory, subscribed for by his comrades, was placed
in the Central Police Station at Winnipeg.
[Illustration: =William Melville.=]
=MEMBREY, EDWARD JOHN=, S.S.A., M. 7318, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MERCER, ARCHIBALD ARIEL=, Major, 2nd Battn. Dorset Regt., 2nd
_s._ of the late Charles Mercer, of Lansdowne Lodge, Weymouth,
by his wife, Grace Ewart (Weymouth), dau. of Edward Clark; _b._
Uxbridge, 24 Feb. 1875; educ. Marlborough and the Royal Military
College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 1st Battn. Dorset Regt.
then stationed at Wellington, Madras, 16 March, 1895; and promoted
Lieut. 12 July, 1897; Capt. 19 Nov. 1901, and Major 19 Nov. 1913. He
served with the 1st Dorsets in the Tirah Campaign of 1896-97, taking
part in the actions at Chagru and Dargai, in the capture of the
Sampagha and Arhanga passes and in the reconnaissance of the Saran Sar,
where he was severely wounded on 9 Nov. 1897, and received the Tirah
Medal with two clasps. He afterwards joined the 2nd Battn. of his regt.
in India, and in Nov. 1914, sailed with the Poona Brigade, of which
the 2nd Dorsets formed part, for the Persian Gulf. He was killed in
action at Sahil, near Basra on the Shat-el-Arab, on the 17th of that
month, and was buried at Sahil. Major Mercer was a qualified musketry
instructor and a first-class interpreter of Hindustani. He _m._ at
Ugley, Essex, 14 Aug. 1913, Margaret Edith, dau. of William Augustus
Tennant, of Orford House, Ugley, and had a dau., Ariel Margaret,
_b._ posthumous, 30 Nov. 1914.
[Illustration: =Archibald Ariel Mercer.=]
=MERCER, EDWARD ALLAN=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 14665 (Ports.),
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MERCER, ERIC CAMERON=, 2nd Lieut., Indian Army, attd. 2nd Battn.
Lancashire Fusiliers, 5th surviving _s._ of Col. Charles Archibald
Mercer, of Belgrave House, Dover, Indian Army (ret.), late 4th Gurkha
Rifles, by his wife, Helen E., eldest dau. of the late Major-Gen. J.
S. Rawlins, Indian Army, formerly 1st Gurkha L.I.; _b._ Bakloh,
Punjab, India, 17 Nov. 1894; educ. Junior School, Westward Ho, co.
Devon, Dover College, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst;
gazetted 2nd Lieut. Indian Army, unattd. List, 15 Aug. 1914, and attd.
to the 2nd Battn. Lancashire Fusiliers; went to France, 8 Sept. 1914,
and was killed in action at Meteren, near Bailleul, 13 Oct. 1914;
_unm._ He was buried in a field there, belonging to M. Cokelaere.
At Dover College, he was in the football XV, 1910-11-12, and the hockey
XI, 1911-12-13, and at Sandhurst he was in the 2nd football XV, 1913-14.
[Illustration: =Eric Cameron Mercer.=]
=MERCER, GEORGE EDWARD=, Private, No. 8237, 2nd Battn. Seaforth
Highlanders, _s._ of Thomas Mercer; enlisted in the Seaforths;
took part in the Somaliland Expedition 1902-4 (medal); was afterwards
employed on the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway at Bolton Road Goods
Station; was called up with the Reserve on the outbreak of war in Aug.
1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc., and died
25 April, 1915, of wounds received in action. He _m._ St. Luke's
Church, Blackburn, 5 Sept. 1912 (--), dau. of (--) Gibson, and had a
son, Harold, _b._ 2 Oct. 1913.
=MERCER, WALLER CARPENTER=, Rifleman, No. 3246, 16th (Queen's
Westminster Rifles) Battn. The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of Peter
Brit Mercer (died 4 Aug. 1894), by his wife, Mary Jane ("Merton,"
Plympton Avenue, Brondesbury, N.W.), dau. of Thomas Hooper; _b._
London, 5 Oct. 1885; educ. Philological School, Marylebone, N.W.;
enlisted on the outbreak of war, served with his regt. in France and
Flanders, and was killed in action, being shot through the head while
on sentry duty in the trenches, at Ho |