Eland Sidney Edgar Pte 4692711
From 70 Brigade
Personnel Entry
Name Eland Sidney Edgar
Army number 4692711
Rank Pte
Decorations
Date of birth Born Yorkshire 1918/19.
Age 26
Unit King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, Enlistment Books missing. Trf Durham Light Infantry 18/4/1940, Posted 10th Bn DLI. Served BEF? Served Iceland? Posted 9th Bn DLI on disbandment of 10th Battalion? KILLED in ACTION 9/1/1945 with 9th Bn DLI.
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade 18-Apr-40
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action 09-Jan-45
Home address Resident of Yorkshire. Son of Edgar and Sybil Eland of Hemsworth, Pontefract, Yorkshire. Buried Grave 55.F.13 Reichswald Forest War Cemetery.
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