Individual Notes

Note for: Margaret Caroline MELLARD, Chr. 12 Mar 1865 - Index

Christening:
     Date:   12 Mar 1865
     Place:   Newcastle, Staffs

Individual Notes

Note for: Mary Ann Coyte BARTLETT, 31 Oct 1832 - 20 Mar 1898 Index

Christening:
     Date:   16 Nov 1832
     Place:   Liverpool, Lancs

Burial:
     Place:   Newcastle, Staffs

Individual Notes

Note for: Richard William BARTLETT, Chr. 25 Jan 1827 - Index

Christening:
     Date:   25 Jan 1827
     Place:   Liverpool, Lancs

Individual Notes

Note for: William Richard BARTLETT, Chr. 15 Feb 1828 - Index

Christening:
     Date:   15 Feb 1828
     Place:   Liverpool, Lancs

Individual Notes

Note for: George Underhill MELLARD, 20 Jul 1867 - Index

Occupation:   Bengal Pilot Service
     Date:   Bef 1915
     Place:   Calcutta

Residence:
     Date:   1915
     Place:   9, Lebanon Rd , Twickenham

Individual Notes

Note for: Jane MELLARD, 6 Sep 1786 - 25 Jul 1837 Index

Christening:
     Date:   23 Sep 1786
     Place:   Newcastle, Staffs

Event:
     Type:   Administration
     Date:   6 Apr 1843
     Place:   Lichfield

Burial:
     Place:   Newcastle, Staffs

Individual Notes

Note for: Annie Beatrice MOSLEY, - 9 Apr 1944 Index

Burial:
Place: Newcastle, Staffs

Individual Notes

Note for: Richard Bartlett MELLARD, Abt 1894 - 1 Jul 1916 Index

Event:   WW1 Death Commemoration
     Type:   Alt. Death
     Note:   Source: CWGC website

MELLARD, RICHARD BARTLETT Initials: R B Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Second Lieutenant Regiment: North Staffordshire Regiment Unit Text: 5th Bn. Age: 22 Date of Death: 01/07/1916 Additional information: Only son of Richard Bartlett Mellard and Annie Beatrice Mellard, of I, Oman Mansions, Oman Rd., Hampstead, London. Native of Newcastle. Staffs. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Sp. Mem. A. 2. Cemetery: GOMMECOURT WOOD NEW CEMETERY, FONCQUEVILLERS

Cemetery: GOMMECOURT WOOD NEW CEMETERY, FONCQUEVILLERS Country: France Locality: Pas de Calais Visiting Information: The location or design of this site makes wheelchair access impossible. For further information regarding wheelchair access, please contact our Enquiries Section on 01628 507200. Location Information: Foncquevillers is a village about 18 kilometres south-west of Arras on the D3. Gommecourt Wood New Cemetery is situated a little way south-east along the D6. A CWGC signpost indicating the road is situated at the junction near the post office in Foncquevillers and the Cemetery is on the right hand side of the road just before arriving at Gommecourt. Historical Information: Foncquevillers was in British hands in 1915 and 1916. On the 1st July, 1916, Gommecourt Wood was attacked by the 46th (North Midland) Division, and the Southern part of the village by the 56th (London) Division. The attack met with temporary success, but could not be sustained; and Gommecourt remained a salient in the German line until the 27th February, 1917, when it was evacuated. It was never retaken by the Germans; at the end of their offensive of March, 1918, it was just within the British lines. It was later "adopted" by the County Borough of Wolverhampton. Gommecourt Wood New Cemetery was made, after the Armistice, by the concentration of graves from certain smaller burial grounds and from the battlefields of July, 1916, March, 1917, and March, April and August, 1918. There are now nearly 750, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, nearly two-thirds are unidentified and special memorials are erected to ten soldiers from the United Kingdom, known or believed to be buried among them. The cemetery covers an area of 2,690 square metres and is enclosed by a rubble wall. The following were among the burial grounds from which British graves were brought to this cemetery:- BASTION CEMETERY, FONCQUEVILLERS, in the old German line North of the Wood, where 55 men (nearly all unidentified) of the 46th Division were buried. BRETENCOURT FRENCH MILITARY CEMETERY, on the West side of the bridge between Bretencourt and Blamont Mill, in the commune of RIVIERE. Here were buried 233 French soldiers and 38 from the United Kingdom; three men of the Indian Labour Corps; and one German prisoner. GOMMECOURT CHATEAU CEMETERY, at the North-East corner of the Chateau park, begun by the Germans. Here were buried 55 soldiers from New Zealand, who fell in July and August, 1918, and 14 from the United Kingdom. GOMMECOURT WOOD CEMETERY No. 1, or THE SAP CEMETERY, FONCQUEVILLERS, between the old front lines, in which were buried 111 men of the 46th Division, almost all unidentified. GOMMECOURT WOOD CEMETERY No. 4, or LITTLE Z CEMETERY (from a strong point on the old German front line), FONCQUEVILLERS, which contained the graves of 22 men of the 46th Division and one other. GOMMECOURT WOOD CEMETERY No. 5, on the North-West side of the Wood, containing the graves of 27 men of the 46th Division. GOMMECOURT WOOD CEMETERY No. 6, close to No. 5, containing the graves of 40 men, almost all of the 46th Division. GOMMECOURT WOOD CEMETERY No. 8, FONCQUEVILLERS, between the old front lines, containing the graves of 46 men of the 46th Division. POINT 75 BRITISH CEMETERY, FONCQUEVILLERS, on the old German front line, containing the graves of 35 men of the 46th Division. No. of Identified Casualties: 284

Event:   2nd Lieutenant 5th Batn North Staffs
     Type:   Military Service
     Date:   1916

Event:   London Gazette
     Type:   Newspaper Article
     Date:   15 Aug 1915
     Note:   5th Battalion, The Prince of Wales's (North
• Staffordshire Regiment); Private Richard
Bartlett Mellard, from the 1st Canadian
Expeditionary Force, to be Second Lieutenant.
Dated 10th August, 1915.

Event:   Corporal Fort Garry Horse Canadian Expeditionary Force
     Type:   Military Service
     Date:   1914
     Note:   Description
Medal card of Mellard, Richard Bartlett
Corps          Regiment No 14861          Rank Corporal
Fort Garry Horse Canadian Expeditionary Force
Date 1914-1920 Catalogue reference WO 372/13

Event:   Epitaph on grave stone
     Type:   Commemoration
     Place:   Newcastle Cemetery, Newcastle, Staffs

Burial:
     Date:   1916
     Place:   Foncquevillers, Somme