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Guardsman JOHN ALFRED ELLIOT

Service Number: 2718736
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Irish Guards

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 14 May 1940

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HARSTAD CEMETERY

Allied Plot F. 4.

Norway

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Andrew and Mary Jane Elliott, of Blacklion, Co. Cavan, Irish Republic.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
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Buried or commemorated at

HARSTAD CEMETERY
Norway
Number of casualties: 34
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