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Samuel Elliott

Samuel Elliott
Rank: 
Lance Corporal
Regimental number: 
55609
Unit at enlistment: 
19th Battalion
Force: 
C.E.F.
Volunteered or conscripted: 
Volunteered
Survived the war: 
Yes
Wounded: 
Yes
Cemetery: 
Greenwood Cemetery, Brantford, Ontario
Commemorated at: 
Alexandra Presbyterian Church
Birth country: 
Canada
Birth county: 
Brant
Birth city: 
Brantford, Ontario
Address at enlistment: 
227 Marlborough Street, Brantford, Ontario
Next of kin address: 
227 Marlborough Street, Brantford, Ontario
Trade or calling: 
Labourer
Employer: 
Ham and Nott Co.
Religious denominations: 
Presbyterian
Marital status: 
Single
Age at enlistment: 
28

Letters and documents

BX March 14, 1916

Was Wounded But is Back Again – Lance-Corp. S. Elliott of the 19th Battalion on Casualty List

Mrs. Jane Elliott, 227 Marlborough Street, this morning received a cablegram to the effect that her son, Lance-Corporal Samuel Elliott, 19th Battalion, who received gunshot wounds in the arm on Feb. 28, had recovered sufficiently to enable him to return to his duties.  Lance-Corp. Elliott enlisted in November, 1914 and left in the 19th Battalion with the Second Contingent.  His many friends will be pleased to hear of his recovery.

BX March 15, 1916

In Casualty List

In the midnight casualty list appears the name of Lance-Corp. Samuel Elliott, 227 Marlborough Street, Brantford, reported wounded, but now back on duty with the 19th Battalion.  The casualty was reported by The Expositor yesterday.

BX June 26, 1916

Has Been Wounded For Third Time – Lance-Corp. Samuel Elliott of 19th Batt. Again in Hospital

That Lance-Corp. Samuel Elliott, 19th Battalion, was now in No. 5 Canadian hospital, London, suffering from gunshot wounds in the head was the word received yesterday by his mother, Mrs. J. Elliott, 227 Marlborough.  This is the third time Lance-Corp. Elliott has been wounded.  The second time he was wounded confined him to hospital for some time with a serious wound in the head.  He had been back in the trenches only nine or ten days before he was wounded again.  Prior to enlisting he worked at Ham & Notts.  He went overseas with the Second Contingent.  Lance-Corp. Elliott is unmarried.

BX May 13, 1964

Samuel Elliott

Samuel James Elliott, 78 of 23 Robertson Avenue, died Tuesday in St. Joseph’s Hospital.  He was born in Brantford a son of the late Robert Elliott and Jane Elliott and had been a resident of Brantford all his life.  Prior to his retirement, he had been a gardener for five years, and was formerly with the Cockshutt Plow Company.  During the First World War he served overseas with the 19th Battalion.  Surviving besides his wife, the former Ada Wallis, are two sons, Robert S. Elliott of Montreal and George Dryburgh of Brantford; three grandchildren; six great-grandchildren.  He was predeceased by four brothers, Henry, Charles, Moore, and Robert, and one sister, Minnie.  Mr. Elliott is at Thorpe Brothers’ Funeral Home for service Friday at 2 p.m.  Interment will be in Greenwood Cemetery.  Reverend William Skelly of Alexandra Presbyterian Church will officiate.

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