Service Details
Name:
 ELLIOTT
Given Name:
 HORACE WILLIAM
Initials:
 H W
Rank:
 Second Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 Somerset Light Infantry
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Unit:
 3rd Bn.
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Former Regiment:
 formerly #747 3rd Regt. South African Mounted Rifles
Date of Death:
 1917-11-13
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Date of Birth:
 1880-06-10
Age:
 37
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. S. Elliott, of Sunnyside, Jersey, Channel Islands. Educated at Victoria College and upon leaving College he went out to South Africa and joined the Natal Mounted Police. He served through the Boer War and the Zulu Rebellion and when war broke out in Europe he went with the South African Army to German South West Africa. After the conquest of that colony he volunteered for service in Europe, came to England and was appointed, after training, 2nd Lieutenant to the 3rd Somerset Light Infantry and joined the 5th Somersets in Egypt.
Commemoration
Country:
 Israel
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Cemetery:
 RAMLEH WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 P. 8.
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