Service Details
Name:
 ELSON
Given Name:
 DANE FALCON STUART
Initials:
 D F S
Service No:
 25176709
Rank:
 Lance Corporal
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Regiment:
 Welsh Guards
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Unit:
 1st Battalion
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Date of Death:
 2009-07-05
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Date of Birth:
 1986-09-28
Age:
 22
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, while on patrol in Babaji as part of Operation PANCHAI PALANG in Helmand province, Afghanistan
Additional
Information:
Born Harare, Zimbabwe. He was part of a Fire Support Group from the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards, attached to The Light Dragoons Battle Group. He served in Iraq in 2004/05, and in Bosnia in 2006/07. He passed a promotion course and was promoted to Lance Corporal during the pre-deployment training for Afghanistan. Lance Corporal Elson was a keen rugby player and he lived for the mates he had around him in the Welsh Guards. He had a very bright future ahead of him, and stood out as a Guardsman destined for the higher ranks of the battalion.
Commemoration
Country:
 United Kingdom
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Locality:
 Glamorganshire
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Cemetery:
 PENCOED CEMETERY
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