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Private ALFRED JAMES ELSBY

Service Number: 44242
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Cheshire Regiment

6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 November 1918

Age 31 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TERLINCTHUN BRITISH CEMETERY, WIMILLE

XI. D. 44.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. Royal Engineers
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Mary Elsby, of Burton-on-Trent; husband of Mary A. Elsby, of South St., Portwilliam, Wigtownshire.
  • Personal Inscription HE IS NOT DEAD BUT SLEEPING
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Buried or commemorated at

TERLINCTHUN BRITISH CEMETERY, WIMILLE
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 4749
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