|
Name : Harry Manners Mellor Son of : Salusbury Manners Mellor and Daisy Winifred S Mellor (née Green), of St Helens, Isle of Wight. Born : 1902, London. Married : 1935, Diana Marian Wyld, at Hatfield, Hertfordshire. |
||||||||||||
|
Census information : 1911 : Salusbury and Daisy Mellor, with their children including Harry aged 7, are at St Helens House, St Helens, Isle of Wight. Salusbury Mellor is of independent means. |
|||||||||||||
|
Service Details : Wing-Commander Harry Manners Mellor, Royal Air Force. Promotion history : 15 Aug 1923 : Flight Cadet to Pilot Officer 15 Feb 1925 : Pilot Officer to Flying Officer 27 Feb 1929 : Flying Officer to Flight Lieutenant 1 Dec 1936 : Flight Lieutenant to Squadron Leader 1 Jan 1940 : Squadron leader to Wing Commander He was appointed M.V.O. (4th class) in the King's Birthday Honours List of 31 Mar 1936, having been Air Equerry to H.R.H. The Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII). |
|||||||||||||
|
Casualty Details : Died : 26 May 1940, aged 37. Commemorated at : Runnymede Air Forces Memorial, Surrey. 
Memorial panel (courtesy of Findagrave) CWGC Record |
|||||||||||||
|
Commemorated on these Memorials :
Bembridge War Memorial Bembridge Holy Trinity Church War Memorial St Helens Parish War Memorial Ryde Borough War Memorial WW II |
|||||||||||||
Documents and Newspaper cuttings :
Isle of Wight County Press, 1 June 1940 
National Probate Calendar, 1941 |
|||||||||||||
Further information :
The squadron, based at North Coates, was engaged in mine-laying activities. The aircraft in which Wing Cdr Mellor was flying was lost without trace while laying mines in Schiling Road north of Wilhelmshaven. Mellor was commissioned in the Royal Air Force prior to World War II and had attended course at the RAF Staff College, and in the operation of torpedoes. |
|||||||||||||
|
Acknowledgments :
John Bloodworth for R.A.F. research |
|||||||||||||
|
Page status :
Page last updated : 17 Apr 2015 |
Memorials & Monuments
|
|
|