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Name:

Wilfred ELLIOTT

Casualty No.:

Ranks:

Private

Initials:

Service No.:

281838

Date of Birth :

Place of Birth :

Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham.

Age at Death:

Unit:

9th (Glasgow Highlanders) Bn Highland Light Infantry (Territorial Force).

Former Unit(s):

31436 Durham Light Infantry.

Place Enlisted:

Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.

Place of Residence:

Blaydon on Tyne, Co. Durham.

Home Address:

38 Bridge Street, Blaydon on Tyne, Co. Durham.

Previous Address:

Civilian Employment:

Clerk at Blaydon Burn Colliery.

How Died:

Died of wounds

Date of Death:

Monday 30th September 1918

Place of Death:

France.

Battle/Campaign:

Locally Commemorated:

UK Commemorated:

Blaydon War Memorial, Blaydon on Tyne, Co. Durham. St Cuthbert's Church, Blaydon on Tyne, Co. Durham. Wesleyan Methodist Church War Memorial, Blaydon on Tyne, Co. Durham.

Overseas Commemorated:

Buried:

Domino British Cemetery, Epehy, France

Decoration and Medals:

Photographs:

Service Records:

Death Notice/Obituary:

Blaydon Courier, page 8, 2nd November 1918.

Family Details:

Son of W and H Elliott, of Blaydon on Tyne, Co. Durham. Brother: Harold.

Notes :

Wilfred's brother Harold, served with the 17th Bn Royal Defence Corps, during World War 1.

Sources Used:

Commonwealth War Graves Commission Debt of Honour Register. Soldiers Died in the Great War. Come on Highlanders! Glasgow Territorials in the Great War by Alec Weir (Sutton Publishing, Stroud, Gloucestershire, 2005).

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