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Guardsman JOHN ALFRED ELLIOT

Service Number: 2718736
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Irish Guards

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 14 May 1940

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HARSTAD CEMETERY

Allied Plot F. 4.

Norway

Vice Chairman Lieutenant General Sir Bill Rollo tour of North Norway Norway June 2022 Haakon Vinje Norwegian War Graves Service

Photographer: Malcolm Ross

  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Andrew and Mary Jane Elliott, of Blacklion, Co. Cavan, Irish Republic.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
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Buried or commemorated at

HARSTAD CEMETERY
Norway
Number of casualties: 34
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