Memorial of Thomas Henry Melhuish
| Service Number: | 14528929 |
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| Rank: | Gunner | |
| Age: | 21 | |
| Date of Death: | Saturday, 10th February 1945 | |
| Memorial Location: |
Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen - Germany |
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| Memorial Reference: | 54. G. 6. | |
| Next of Kin: | Son of Vincent Lawrence Melhuish, and of Lucy Melhuish, of Dalston, London. | |
| Additional Information: | Thomas Melhuish was one of four members of Major Campbell's crew who were killed when the house in which they were sheltering received a direct hit from a heavy shell. Major Campbell, later to become Lord Campbell of Croy is quoted in his obituary (Telegraph 28/04/2005) "All four were killed, and I picked myself up from the rubble." | |