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Private STANLEY ELSDON

Service Number: 204791
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Northamptonshire Regiment

6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 31 August 1918

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

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IV. A. 30.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Henry and Mary Elsdon, of Poole St., Great Yeldham, Essex. His brother Harry Elsdon also fell.
  • Personal Inscription HIS TENDER SMILE HIS LOVING FACE NO ONE ON EARTH CAN FILL HIS PLACE
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Buried or commemorated at

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Somme France
Number of casualties: 1510
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