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Private ALEXANDER ELKINS

Service Number: 6144704
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Suffolk Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 15 October 1944

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VENRAY WAR CEMETERY

II. A. 7.

Netherlands

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Edward Ernest and Lilian Elkins; husband of Ruby Laura Elkins, of Rushmere St. Andrew, Suffolk. His brother Ernest David also fell.
  • Personal Inscription DEEP IN MY HEART HE IS LIVING YET I LOVED HIM TOO MUCH TO EVER FORGET
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Buried or commemorated at

VENRAY WAR CEMETERY
Limburg (Netherlands) Netherlands
Number of casualties: 693
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