In Memory Of

ELLIOTT, HORACE WILLIAM

Service Details
Age:
 37
Date of Birth:
 1880-06-10
Rank:
 Second Lieutenant
Unit:
 3rd Bn.
Regiment:
 Somerset Light Infantry
Former Regiment:
 formerly #747 3rd Regt. South African Mounted Rifles
Date of Death:
 1917-11-13
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 P. 8.
Cemetery:
 RAMLEH WAR CEMETERY
Country:
 Israel
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.