Second Lieutenant Horace William Elliott
3rd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry
13/11/1917
Youngest son of Mr & Mrs Joseph Elliott of Le Chalet,
Pontac, Jersey.
Killed in action. aged 36 years
NEWS ITEM in Jersey Evening Post of Monday 19 November
1917
Roll of Honour. News has just been
received at Le Chalet, Pontac of the death of Mr &
Mrs Elliott's youngest son, who was killed in action
on 13 November in Palestine. 2nd Lieutenant H W Elliott
was educated at Victoria College and upon leaving College
he went out to South Africa and joined the Natal Mounted
Police. He served through the Boer War and the Zulu
Rebellion and when war broke out in Europe he went with
the South African Army to German South West Africa.
After the conquest of that colony he volunteered for
service in Europe, came to England and was appointed,
after training, 2nd Lieutenant to the 3rd Somerset Light
Infantry and joined the 5th Somersets in Egypt. He was
36. The bereaved family have our sincere sympathy in
their sorrow.
Commonwealth
War Graves Commission Record
