210702 Pte. Frederick Charles Elliott British Army 20th Btn. Kings Royal Rifle Corps from:4 Dagmar Terrace, Islington, London (d.27th Jul 1917) Frederick Charles Elliott was born in Richmond, Surrey in 1873. He practised boxing and was listed in two fights in London; one being at Smithfield, London. Probably in a local public House, so I assume from this that he was a strong and fit man. I sit and write this on Armistice day Sunday 11 November 2012. Fred married my grandmother on 11.11.1911. Their daughter my mother passed away on 11.11.2001 so today is a very personal day for me. Fred was killed in France on 27th April 1917. He was part of the Kings Royal Rifle Regiment, but as regiments became decimated he became part of the Royal Green Jackets. The war record diary is fully complete until that fateful day when it is a complete blank then continuing on the 28th April 1917. I finally found his resting place in Tilloy-Les-Mofflaines. France. His group were repairing roads & bridges often under heavy artillery fire. I wonder how many of his fellow soldiers were killed on that day at that particular site? I sadly have no photo of him nor can I find anything on the military sites and I have been advised that some of the records were lost in WW2.
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