Elliott W Private 14620278
Personnel Entry
Name Elliott William
Army number 14620278
Rank Private.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Not yet ascertained.
Age (At time of death). Not yet known.
Unit Enlisted in The General Staff Corps - no exact date as yet but probably mid-1940. Underwent Basic Training – possibly at No. 4 Infantry Training Centre. Posted to ? th Battalion DLI. Transferred to Royal Northumberland Fusiliers and posted to 70th Battalion 1/10/1940. Transferred back to the DLI and posted to the 70th (Young Soldiers) Battalion 29/12/1940. Posted to the 11th Battalion DLI. Served Iceland? Transferred to the Kng's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 3/2/1944. Documents to Section 27/4/1944. Served Normandy? Relegated to the Class W (T) Reserve. B Release 11/5/1946. Demobilised.
Company/Battery Not yet known.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Probably Rifleman.
Joined Brigade On being posted to the 11th Battalion.
Promotions None known.
Wounded Not as far as is known.
Prisoner of War Not as far as is known.
Died/Killed in action Date of death not yet known.
Home address (To include family and marital details where possible). No details as yet.
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