William Matthew Elliott

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

3310074

Unit at enlistment:

2nd Depot Battalion, 2nd Central Ontario Regiment

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Conscripted

Survived the war:

Yes

Cemetery:

Mount Hope Cemetery, Soldiers' Plot, Brantford, Ontario

Birth country:

U.S.A.

Birth county:

Emmet

Birth city:

Mackinaw, Michigan

Address at enlistment:

Echo Place P.O., Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

Echo Place P.O., Brantford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Silk worker

Employer:

Niagara Silk Co.

Religious denominations:

Church of England

Marital status:

Single

Age at enlistment:

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Miscellaneous

BX April 30, 1963

William Matthew Elliott

William Matthew Elliott, 72, at Westminster Hospital, London, died today at the hospital. Born in Brantford, he was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Mathew Elliot. He was a veteran of the First World War. He was an employee of the Niagara Silk Company and worked for it here and in Buffalo. He is survived by his wife, Edna, a son William of Buffalo, a daughter Mrs. Mary O’Griffin of Eau Gallie, Florida; six grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. D. (Edith) Stringer of Dunalk, Maryland, and Mrs. E.W. (Hattie) Avery. He will be at the Beckett Funeral Home from Wednesday until the funeral service at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Rev. J.W. Houston of the Royal Canadian Legion, branch 90 officiating. Burial in the Soldiers’ Plot, Mount Hope Cemetery.