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JAMES ELDER

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Rank
Lance Sergeant
Regiment
COLDSTREAM GUARDS 1ST
Military Number
7495
Address
1 John's Terrace, Derby Street, Hull HU3 1SW
Background

Born Hull, 1889. Son of Mr & Mrs Elder, at 1 John's Terrace, Derby Street, Hull.

Husband of Mrs. D. R. Start (formerly Elder), of 13. South Place, Oxford Road, Windsor. Left a widow and child.

Joined the Coldstream Guards, in 1907. Left with the British Expeditionary Force in August 1914, and was badly wounded and gassed. He returned to England, and was sent back to France as a Drill Instructor. He died of pneumonia contracted on active service, on 29/10/1916. He was 27 years old.

His death was reported in the Hull Daily Mail, on 02/11/1916, with his photograph.

Date Died
29/10/1916
Died
ST. PIERRE CEMETERY, AMIENS
Age
27
Memorial
31 Rue Paul Pruvost
Amiens 80080

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