James Austin Meldon

Major James Austin Meldon
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Born	1869
Died	1932
Residence	Royal Dublin Fusiliers [A63] Windham Club, St James Square, SW [1909]
Occupation	armed services
Society Membership membership ordinary fellow left 1913 last listed elected_AI 1909.11.19 clubs Wyndham Club societies Royal African Society

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1909.11.03 proposed by J. Gray, seconded by W. Gowland

Notes From Elsewhere

LCol James Austin Meldon C.B.E. (1919), born 1869, ed. Brussells and Trinity College, Dublin, married 1903 to Serina Letitia Sadleir of Merrion Square, Dublin, joined 16th Lancers 1889, Dublin Fusiliers 1897, Uganda Mutiny 1897-8 , Great War commanded 1st R. Dublin Fusiliers. - Kelly's handbook 1927.
Meldon also served in the South African War and was awarded the Queen's South Africa Medal with seven clasps. He received the East and Central Africa Medal with two clasps for his service in Uganda and was mentioned in despatches. He also received a Mention in WW1 (London Gazette 25 Jan 17).
According Army List August 1914:
Major Meldon J.A. 4th Bn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers (Extra Reserve). Cfief of Police and Comdt. Local Forces St. Vincent, 4th June 1913. Commissioned as Major 10 June 1905.
Colonel James Austin Meldon CBE BL RM died suddenly at Bournemouth, we regret to state, on December 30, aged sixty-two. The eldest son of the late Austin Meldon, Deputy-Lieutenant for Co. Dublin, Colonel Meldon was educated at Brussels, at Clongowes College, and at Trinity College, Dublin. In the Army he served in the 16th Lancers, the King's African Rifles, and the Dublin Fusiliers. He took part in operations during the Uganda mutiny; was engaged for a time in South Africa; and later commanded in turn the 4th and the 1st Battalions of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers during the Great War. In 1920 he was called to the Irish Bar. Colonel Meldon was for some years a Resident Magistrate for Co. Mayo. [The Tablet]

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