Private 56666 Peter Guy Owen 3rd battalion Kings (Liverpool) Regiment) was the husband of Esther Owen (nee Green) of Church Lane Kirkby. He was born in Melling and in 1901 his mother by then a widow was the inn keeper of the Pear Tree Melling and Peter a stone mason. He married in 1911. He died 20th March 1917 and was 35 years of age. He is listed as died at sea and is buried in Plymouth Efford Cemetery Plymouth.

Private 50044 Frederick Rothwell 2nd/5th battalion Kings Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment was the husband of Anne Rothwell of Prescot Road Melling. He married his wife Anne Rushton in Southport in 1913.On the 1911 census he is recorded as a farm labourer, born in Kirkby and living with his mother Sarah. Other than the fact that his name is recorded on the memorial in St Thomas's church no other information can be found. He was killed on 26th December 1916 and is buried in the Military Cemetery at Duisans France, he was 26 years of age.

Melling Parish Council has been contacted by Private Rothwell’s Grandson who has pointed out a discrepancy in relation to the World War 1 section Private Frederick Rothwell and is in possession of a photo and documents confirming that Private Rothwell died in 1918 not 16 as stated although her does also have a photo of his grave with the original temporary wooden cross dated 27th December 1918. Private Rothwell’s Grandson advises that he was 29 when he died according to family papers. He was part of the West Lancs Divisions of the 2nd/5th Battalion who went over in 1917 and took part in the 3rd battle of the Somme (Passandale), the 3rd battle of Ypres and the battle of Chambrai before going to Arras to take part in mopping exercises. Duisans was in fact a casualty station near Arras where Private Rothwell died of pneumonia. Whether he was also wounded is not known but it was the time of the Spanish Flu Pandemic when men who were weakened and may have suffered the effects of poison gas would be very vulnerable. After 100 years Private Rothwell’s Grandson acknowledges that it is difficult to be exact but has requested that these amendments be published to reflect Private Rothwell’s part in the latter stages of the war. 

Private 41927 Peter Sharrock, Kings Own Scottish Borderers & Royal Army Service Corps, was one of thirteen children of Hannah (nee Cookson) and Jeffrey Sharrock. Hannah's father was Peter Cookson who was the licensee of the Tailor's Arms Public House in Ford, known to everyone as Cooksons. In 1911 the family were running a beerhouse in Melling called the Horse and Jockey. The father died in the Horse and Jockey on 13th June 1916. After the war Hannah became the manageress of the Red Lion public house in Scarification and had been the licensee of the Kings Arms public house in Ormskirk. Peter, formerly the licensee of the Three Crowns Hotel in Ormskirk and a well-known Melling footballer was killed in action in France on 26th August 1918. He has no known grave and his name is honoured upon the memorial at St Thomas's Church, Melling. St Thomas's Church Lydiate, Halsall War Memorial and St Cuthberts Church Halsall.

Rifleman 202753 Norman Strickland 5th battalion Kings (Liverpool) Regiment was the son of Christopher and Louisa Strickland. Prior to enlistment he had been a motor mechanic and lived with his widowed mother at the Mount Melling. He was killed in action on 2nd August 1917 and is buried at Mendingham Military Cemetery. From 1916 it was used as a casualty clearing station. It must be assumed that Norman died there of his wounds and or injuries. His name is honoured on the memorial in St Thomas's church Melling. At the time of his death he was 40 years of age.

Stoker 1st Class K/23450 Owen Silcock H.M.S. Tipperary was the son of Mark and Susannah Silcock of Taylor's Cottages Angers Lane Melling. On the afternoon of 31st May 1916 the British Grand Fleet came into action against the German High Seas Fleet off the coast of Jutland. Tipperary was a Faulknor Class Leader Destroyer, launched in 1915 and ordered by Chile but was taken over by the Royal Navy at the start of the War. During the battle of Jutland,Tipperary was sunk by the German Battleship Westfalin, before this she had contributed to the sinking of the German Battleship Freaunlob. Of her crew of 197, 184 were lost in the North Sea. Stoker Silcock has no known grave and his name is recorded on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial. His name is also honoured at St Thomas's Church Melling. He died on 1st June 1916 aged 19 years.

Private 28355 John Vaughan South Lancashire Regiment was the youngest of five children of Jesse and Robert Vaughan who were married at St Michael's Church Aughton in 1892. The father Robert, came from Chester and his wife Jesse was born in Maghull. In 1901 the family were living at Sunnyside Turnpike Road Maghull and in Bedford Road Melling in 1911. He joined the South Lancashire Regiment in 1915 and was discharged due to ill health in 1918. He died on March 9th 1920 and is buried in St Thomas's Churchyard and his name is honoured upon the memorial there.

Private TR/3/12618 John Woods Training Reserve & Manchester Regiment, was the son of Alice(nee Tyrer) born in Melling and John Woods of Kirby Cottages, Rock Lane, Melling. Because he had never served overseas his family were not entitled to a war gratuity when he died on 22nd December 1916. John Died of pneumonia at Prees Heath Camp Hospital Whitchurch. He was 19 years of age. His remains were returned to his family and he rests in St Thomas's Churchyard Melling. His name is honoured in the Memorial within the church.