Basil Richard Eldridge

Rank: Private

Regiment: 7th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment

Father: Mr David Eldridge

Wife: Mrs Annie Eldridge

Brother-in-Law: S Piper

Address: Battle

Other Info: An article published in the Hastings & St Leonards Observer on 16th November 1918 reads; “Killed in action in France on September 5th, 1918. Portrait sent by his sister, Mrs Piper, 15 Bulverhythe Road, West St Leonards.”

According to CWGC, Basil died aged 29 and is remembered at Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension, grave reference V.M.10.

Published: November 1918

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