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William Elsdon

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Service No. 10658

Age 22

Died on 31 August 1915

Northumberland Fusiliers

YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL

West-Vlaanderen, Belgium

Son of Mary Ann Elsdon, of 9, Coronation St., North Shields, and the late Thomas Elsdon.

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Your sacrifice is not forgotten and I salute you through the years.

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Thank you to all who lost their lives to save our countries. You will always be remembered.

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William Elsdon was born in April 1893 in Tynemouth, to Mary Ann and Thomas. He would have 12 siblings (7 of whom would die in infancy).  At...

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