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Lance Corporal WILLIAM ELLIOTT

Service Number: 22783
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

47th Coy.

Date of Death

Died 16 August 1917

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SANCTUARY WOOD CEMETERY

IV. C. 1.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Francis and Catherine Elliott, of 49, Main St., Sion Mills, Co. Tyrone.
  • Personal Inscription HE SLEEPS IN DEATH FAR,FAR FROM HOME HE OWNS A SOLDIER'S GRAVE R.I.P.
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Buried or commemorated at

SANCTUARY WOOD CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1990
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