In Memory Of

ELLIOTT, EDWARD PATRICK

Service Details
Age:
 32
Date of Birth:
 1886-07-03
Rank:
 Lieutenant
Unit:
 2nd Bn.
Regiment:
 Canadian Engineers
Date of Death:
 1918-09-01
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, while leading his Sub-Section forward to build a road, during an attack near Cherisy. He was hit by a splinter from an enemy shell. The splinter pierced his heart and death was instantaneous
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 A. 25.
Cemetery:
 SUN QUARRY CEMETERY, CHERISY
Localitly:
 Pas de Calais
Country:
 France
Additional Information
Son of John and Annie (nee Gillespie) Elliott, of Talana, Natal, South Africa. Born East Ayrshire, Scotland. A mining engineer. Brother of Mary Jane Duncan, of 188 Bouquet Street, Rosettaville, Johannesburg. His brothers Tom Elliott died in Boer War and his brother Robert John died in service. Commemorated on Dundee & District WWI Memorial & on family plaque in Talana Museum, Dundee & on page 403 of the Canadian First World War Book of Remembrance