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\"Beney,<\/a>\"W\"Elliot,William John Elliot<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rank:<\/em>\u00a0Private<\/p>\n

Regiment:<\/em>\u00a02nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment<\/p>\n

Parents:<\/em> Mr\u00a0John Robert \u00a0and Catherine Mrs (Kate) E Elliott (Nee Bolingbroke)<\/p>\n

Parents-in-Law:<\/em> Mr James William<\/a> & Mrs Eunice Beney<\/p>\n

Brothers-in-Law:<\/em>\u00a0James George Beney<\/a>, Ernest Beney<\/a>, Percy Beney<\/a>, Arthur Beney<\/a>, \u00a0Frederick George Paine<\/a> & George Holder<\/a><\/p>\n

Wife: Mrs Eunice Elliot<\/p>\n

Address:<\/em>\u00a0Old London Road, Ore<\/p>\n

Other Info:<\/em> Wounded.<\/p>\n

An article published in the Hastings & St Leonards Observer dated 3rd October 1914 reads: “Private William Elliott, of the Royal Sussex, whose relatives are at Carlisle Villas, Hastings, has been shot in the knee, and is at present at Cambridge.<\/p>\n

Private Elliott was about 12 yards away from Captain Slater when that popular officer was killed, and he was wounded in the same battle.<\/p>\n

In a letter from the hospital at Trinity College, Cambridge, he says: “I am getting on a well as possible but am still very weak yet, after the terrible times I have been through. God only knows how I came through such an ordeal. A fortnight ago today I never thought I should get back to dear old England again.<\/p>\n

I have got some awful news to tell you when I do meet you again, about those brutal Germans but, thank God, I have the pleasure, the honour, of killing at least ten of them with my dear old rifle. It did please me to see the drop dead shot by us British boys.”<\/p>\n

Mr Elliott’s knee has been very painful, but is better. It will, however, be some little time before he is able to return to Hastings. In his previous letters he described is experiences in the field, and how often being picked up he and his wounded comrades were brought away from the front in trains that ‘nearly shook them to pieces’ which was unavoidable but very painful in their wounded state.<\/p>\n

Mr Elliott is a reservist, who served three years with the Colours. He has only been away eight weeks.<\/p>\n

Published:<\/em>\u00a0September 1914 & January 1915<\/p>\n

Please use the comments box below if you can provide more information about this\u00a0person.<\/p>\n

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William John Elliot Rank:\u00a0Private Regiment:\u00a02nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment Parents: Mr\u00a0John Robert \u00a0and Catherine Mrs (Kate) E Elliott (Nee Bolingbroke) Parents-in-Law: Mr James William & Mrs Eunice Beney Brothers-in-Law:\u00a0James George Beney, Ernest Beney, Percy Beney, Arthur Beney, \u00a0Frederick George Paine & George Holder Wife: Mrs Eunice Elliot Address:\u00a0Old London Road, Ore Other Info: Wounded. An<\/p>\n

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