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Gunner WILLIAM HENRY ELWELL

Service Number: 160691
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Garrison Artillery

494th Siege Bty.

Date of Death

Died 08 August 1918

Age 42 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CROUY BRITISH CEMETERY, CROUY-SUR-SOMME

V. B. 16.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Eldest son of W. H. and Elizabeth Elwell, of Beverley; husband of Minnie Elwell, of 40, Conway Rd., Cardiff.
  • Personal Inscription BELOVED HUSBAND OF MINNIE ELWELL A NOBLE END TO A LIFE WELL RUN.
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Buried or commemorated at

CROUY BRITISH CEMETERY, CROUY-SUR-SOMME
Somme France
Number of casualties: 783
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