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Private SYDNEY ELTON

Service Number: 228429
Regiment & Unit/Ship

London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 19 August 1918

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

OUTTERSTEENE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, BAILLEUL

II. C. 62.

France

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment posted to 2nd Bn. Royal Fusiliers
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph William Elton; husband of Edith Elton, of 23, South Oak St., Burton-on-Trent.
  • Personal Inscription DEATH DIVIDES BUT LOVING MEMORIES CLING FOR EVER
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Buried or commemorated at

OUTTERSTEENE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, BAILLEUL
Nord France
Number of casualties: 1469
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