Melly
Suisse/Angleterre/Perou

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Andre MELLY , born 12 mai 1802, living in Riversley close to Liverpool, died in the desert of Korosko (Nubie), 19 january 1851. He married in Wilmslow (Chesire), 28 july 1828, Ellen Marie GREG, daughter of Samuel and Hannah LIGHTBODY, whose children were;
1. Charles-Pierre
2. Georges
3. Louise-Catherine

Charles Pierre Melly, an Officer in the Childwall Rifles

Charles Pierre Melly and his Drinking Fountains

Captain Edward Emerson Melly MC and bar
1/5th York & Lancaster Battalion

Captain Edward Emerson Melly of the 1/5th York and Lancaster Battalion served in France from 1915 to the end of the First World War. He was awarded the MC and bar and saw service at Ypres 1915, the Somme 1916, Neuve Chappelle 1917, Nieuport 1917, Ypres 1917-18, and Cambrai 1918.

Reg. Paper MILITARY CROSS
Name: Melly Edward Emerson
Rank: Capt
Regt or Corps: York & Lanc. R. 1/5th Bn T. F.
Gazetted to M.C.: 3.6.18. Decorated: 12 Oct 1920
Gazetted to 1st Bar: 16.9.18. Decorated: 12 Oct 1920
Remarks: By Post, 0137/2/3120

Edward Emerson Melly arrived in France on 20 Sep 15. He was promoted from 2nd Lieutenant to Captain, at which point he served as the Battalion’s Adjutant. At the end of the war, he was serving in the rank of Captain.

 

Edward published the 'Memoirs of Charles P. Melly',
he died during a bombing raid in WW2
Patrick Neill

Edward Melly 1857-1941

 

Alan George Heywood Melly (17 August 1926 – 5 July 2007)

• George Melly - Obituary and Public Tributes
• BBC Obituary
• Obituary The Independent 6 July 2007
• Obituary The Guardian 6 July 2007
• Obituary The Times 6 July 2007
• Obituary The Daily Telegraph 6 July 2007
• Obituary The New York Times 6 July 2007
• Obituary The Economist 12 July 2007

Andre Melly 1802-1851 - George Melly 1830-1894 - Forget - Rathbone

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