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Gunner WILLIAM ALFRED ELKINGTON

Service Number: 1744137
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

1 Bty., 2 Lt. A.A. Regt.

Date of Death

Died 28 November 1942

Age 34 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BENGHAZI WAR CEMETERY

2. A. 21.

Libya

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George and Elizabeth Ann Elkington; husband of Nellie Hilda Elkington, of Teddington, Middlesex.
  • Personal Inscription SONGS HAVE THEIR JOYS BY MIRTH OR MUSIC BLEST, TRUE HEARTS ARE LOVED AND HONOURED BEST
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Buried or commemorated at

BENGHAZI WAR CEMETERY
Libya
Number of casualties: 1240
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