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Lance Corporal FRANCIS JAMES ELMS

Service Number: 50656
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry)

9th Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 10 October 1918

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KIRKANDREWS OLD CHURCHYARD

Near East wall.

United Kingdom

Kirkandrews Old Churchyard - private memorial erected by public subscription on the grave of Lance Corporal Francis James Elms, who died in the sinking of the RMS Leinster.

Photographer: Andrew Fetherston

  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Lydia Bertha Elms, of 277, Lewisham High Rd., London. Born in London.
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Buried or commemorated at

KIRKANDREWS OLD CHURCHYARD
Kirkcudbrightshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 1
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