Mell,A
Private Arthur Mell
Family/Last name:
MellForename(s) and initial(s):
ArthurDate of birth:
21/8/1914Nationality:
Service number:
4973890Military Unit:
Rank when captured:
Place of capture:
Middle East (possibly Tobruk)Date of capture:
20/6/1942Data sources
Other Sources (Relative's report)Information provided by Ruth Appleby:
Private Arthur Mell, 1st Bn Sherwood Foresters, service no. 4973890
Captured in the Middle East (Tobruk probably) on 20 June 1942
Sent to PG 53 SforzaCosta, Macerata
Escaped 09 December 1943 and made it back to Britain.TNA Reference WO 208/5399 (document not yet acquired).
Arthur was from Mansfield in Nottinghamshire. He was born on 21 August 1914 and died on 10 December 1967.
He married in April 1944, Ethel BOWLER
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