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2nd Lt. James Dunsmoor Elliott MID.

British Army 16th (Birkenhead) Btn. Cheshire Regiment

from:Coleraine

(d.22nd October 1917)

James Elliott was a Lieutenant in the 16th (Birkenhead) Battalion, Cheshire Regiment. James was born at 43 Lady Lane, Paisley, the son of John (a smith's hammerman and councillor) and Susan Sennett Elliot, resident of 5 George Street, Paisley. He was educated at Camphill School and was a member of George Street U.F. Church. Formerly a music hall artiste, he enlisted in December 1915. James was promoted for bravery during the Somme fighting to Sergeant Major and was mentioned in Sir D. Haig's dispatches. He was commissioned in February 1917.

James was killed on 22nd October 1917 aged 25. He is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial in Belgium and on his local war memorial.



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