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| Surname | Elson |
| First Name | R. |
| Research Sources | No. 1 Canadian Casualty Clearing Station |
| Comments | Arthur Elson b 1896 Wolverhampton, Staffordshire |
Notes
Record No.: 738
Regimental No.: 138566
Rank: Pte
Surname: Elson
First Name: R.
Researched full name: Arthur Elson
Unit: 3rd Cn Bn
Description: ad 27/12/18, D. 30/12/18, B. 2/1/19 Poppelsdorfer Communal Cemetery, Bonn, Germany Grave 2, Plot 1, Row A
Died of Appendicitis
Date of death: 30 Dec 1918
Religion: Pres
Chaplain: A. D. Reid, Chaplain
Comments: Next of Kin Father John Elson, 499 Eastern Ave., Toronto, Ont. Canada
Note from the transcriber: Some graves of Commonwealth soldiers buried in the Poppelsdorfer Communal Cemetery were moved to Cologne Southern Cemetery in 1922/23. (www.cwgc.org)
Note from transcriber: There appear to be errors in the initial and Serial No. of this soldier. Comparing this information with other military and civil records, suggests that this soldier was Pte Arthur Elson #140067.
