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Pte. Henry Charles John Melvin
British Army 2/19th (2nd St.Pancras) Battalion London Regiment
from:67 Queens Cresent, London
During the First World War Henry Melvin was attached to the 2/19th (St. Pancras) Battalion, London Regiment. On 30th of April 1918, during an attack on the Turkish position at Es Salt in the Jordan Valley he saved the life of his commanding officer Capt. Philip Egerton who had been shot in the knee. His Captain presented him with this engraved pocket watch.

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