They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning,
We will remember them.

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Details for Mell Edwards

Warrant Number:	24556
Surname:	Edwards
Forenames:	Mell
Gender:	Male
Age Group:	Adult
Type:	Memorial
Date of Birth:	Unknown
Date of Death:	21 November 1917 (Wednesday)
Date of Burial:	Unknown
Cemetery:	Taruheru
Block:	SEC1
Plot:	194
Map Location:	View on Map
Inscription:	JOHN EDWARDS went to sleep 24 November 1915, a devoted husband, loving father and sympathetic friend; our MELL, killed in action in France, 21 November 1917.

The following interments are also in this plot

Surname	Forenames	Type	Age Group	Age	Date of Birth	Date of Death	Date of Burial
Edwards	John	Burial	Adult	59	Unknown	24/11/1915	26/11/1915