The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Lieutenant A C Elton

Lieutenant Arthur Charles ELTON, 2nd Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Persian Gulf, 24th July 1915, age 35.

1911 Census - Military, India - North Staffordshire Regiment - Arthur Charles Elton, Colour Sergeant, age 31, unmarried born Newport, Shropshire.

Husband of Annie Elton, (nee Brown), of 21, Alexandra Road, Bournemouth, Dorset. Married in India?

6th February 1915, posted Mesopotamia Theatre of War.

Buried at Basra War Cemetery, II. R. 5/6. Iraq.

London Gazette 15th January 1915.

The under mentioned Warrant and Non-Commissioned Officers to be Second Lieutenant. Dated 7th November, 1914.

The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment), Quartermaster-Serjeant Arthur Charles Elton, from The Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire Regiment, Service No.5508).

London Gazette 2nd October 1915

Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment - The under mentioned Second Lieutenants to be Lieutenants. A. C. Elton (since killed in action).

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