Name	Richard Bartlett MELLARD
Rank/Number	2nd Lieutenant
Regiment/Unit	North Staffordshire Regiment / 5th Battalion (Terr)
Enlisted
Age/Date of death	22 / 01 Jul 1916
How died/Theatre of war	Killed in action / France & Flanders
Residence at death
Cemetery	Gommecourt Wood New Cemetery, Foncquevillers, France
Grave Reference	Sp Mem A.2
Location of memorial	Penn
Date/Place of birth	c1894 / Newcastle under Lyne, Staffs
Date/Place of baptism
Occupation of Casualty	farming in Canada
Parents/Occupation	Richard Bartlett Mellard, late & Annie Beatrice / 4 times Mayor of Newcastle
Parents' Address	1 Oman Mansions, Oman Rd, Hampstead, London
Wife
Wife's Address
Notes	formerly private in Canadian Contingent. Promoted and Lt on return to Britain. Mother moved to Grass Side, Church Rd after the death of her husband in 1907. Her maiden name was Morley.