Typed transcript of an interview recorded with Peter Liddle (January 1971).
Personal recollections of Sir John Mellor
This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections
- Reference
- GB 206 Liddle Collection MES 067
- Dates of Creation
- 1971
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 file; typescript.
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Sir John Serocold Paget Mellor was born in London in 1893 and educated at Eton and New College, Oxford. In the Somerset Light Infantry he served in India and Burma, and was attached to the 5th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, in Mesopotamia from August 1915. He was held POW (Prisoner of War) after the Siege of Kut.
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Note
In English.
Other Finding Aids
Mesopotamia catalogue (hard copy) http://www.leeds.ac.uk/library/spcoll/liddle/index.htm
Alternative Form Available
Microfilmed.