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Private HERBERT ELSTON

Service Number: 2596
Regiment & Unit/Ship

York and Lancaster Regiment

1st/4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 27 December 1915

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BARD COTTAGE CEMETERY

I. I. 8.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Robert Elston, of 28, Gregory Rd., Heeley, Sheffield; husband of Mrs. Charles Brown (formerly Elston), of 13, Vere Rd., Wadsley Bridge, Sheffield.
  • Personal Inscription WITH LOVING REMEMBRANCE
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Buried or commemorated at

BARD COTTAGE CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1645
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