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Captain JOHN ANTHONY ELMES

Service Number: 77504
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Horse Artillery

2 Regt.

Date of Death

Died 31 May 1942

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA

3. E. 19.

Libya

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Cross
  • Additional Info Son of Capt. Florence Romaine Elmes, J.P., and Lilian Bryham Elmes, of Hemyock, Devon.
  • Personal Inscription KILLED IN ACTION. DEARLY LOVED SON OF CAPTAIN AND MRS. F.R. ELMES HEMYOCK, DEVONSHIRE

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Buried or commemorated at

KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA
Libya
Number of casualties: 3670
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