Lance Corporal Melville Daykin

Army Number: 241651

Battalion: 2/6th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at South Normanton, Derbyshire.and lived at Charlesworth Street, carr Vale, Bolsover, Derbyshire.Son of Robert and Grace Daykin, of 28, Market Place, Bolsover, Chesterfield, Derbyshire. He was a hardware dealer prior to enlisting at Bolover he he was killed in action during the attack on Quarry and Cologne Farms 27th April 1917, age 21.

Buried: Templeux-Le-Guerard British Cemetery, France. Plot 1. Row A. Grave 36.

He is also commemorated on the Bolsover War Memorial.