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Private CHARLES ROBERT ELSON

Service Number: 16/1484
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

16th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 12 June 1916

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BEAUVAL COMMUNAL CEMETERY

B. 4.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Charles and Edith E. Elson, of B Reginald St., Manchester Rd., Bradford, Yorks.
  • Personal Inscription SAFE IN THE ARMS OF JESUS A BRITISH HERO AT REST
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Buried or commemorated at

BEAUVAL COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 249
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