Gunner 1940 Walter John ELSON

Gunner 1940 Walter John Elson{gallery}Gnr W J Elson{/gallery}C Battery, 56th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
Died of wounds in No 72 Field Ambulance,  Hundred Days Offensive, France and Flanders, 11th October 1918, aged 25.

• Buried: Anneux British Cemetery, British Cemetery, Nord, France. Grave Sp. Mem 1
  
• Awarded: British War and Victory Medals
• Son of William and Alice Elson
  
• Husband of Emily Elson [nee Haddock]. Married Jul Qtr 1918 at Nuneaton
  
• NNWFHS Memorial: Nuneaton WWI Other Regiments | Nuneaton Colliery | Stockingford

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Gunner Elson
• Anneux British Cemetery
• Royal Field Artillery

Military, Census and Family History Information

• Born Apr Qtr 1893 at Nuneaton
• Lived at 45 Sunnyside, Stockingford [1901]
  
• Lived at 102 Arbury Drive, Stockingford [1911 & 1918]
• Employed as a colliery labourer, above ground 1911
  
• Enlisted at Nuneaton. Arrived in Theatre 10 Jul 1915 [Medal Card]