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Rfmn. Timothy Goddard Elliott
British Army 19th Btn. London Regiment
Tim Elliott was my father in law. Twenty years after his death a huge cache of diaries was discovered in his loft, including an unbroken record from 1914 to 1919, when he was in the trenches. As far as I can trace no other unpromoted soldier was able to achieve this, which makes them a vital historical document. I have just received copies of the book that I have written where these amazing diaries are reproduced in full. They change the view of the common soldier in WW1. The book is published by Loaghtan Books, and is called Tim's Wars, because I have utilised Tim's diaries from 1912 to 1940.
He was in the 19th City of London and even wrote his diary after charging on the first day of the Battle of the Somme. After the Armistice he took part in concert parties, often in female dress. I have numerous photos, including one I have used on the cover. It shows him relaxing on a gun limber smoking a pipe. Who on earth had a camera at Chipilly just behind the lines in 1916?
