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Able Seaman JOHN HENRY ELKES

Service Number: 209739
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. "Glory."

Date of Death

Died 31 December 1915

Age 33 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ALEXANDRIA (CHATBY) MILITARY AND WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY

B. 25.

Egypt

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Rosalie Elkes, of 72, Varcoe Rd., Bermondsey, London.
  • Personal Inscription NOT MY WILL OH LORD BUT THINE BE DONE
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Buried or commemorated at

ALEXANDRIA (CHATBY) MILITARY AND WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 2865
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