Wilfred Elliott was a Freemason. Rev. David Youngson has submitted the following:
270779 Chief ER Art 2nd Class ELLIOTT Wilfred
Royal Navy
HM Submarine E22
The son of Mr and Mrs J T Elliott of Howden-le-Wear, County Durham he was born on the 11th August 1880 at Bishop Auckland. He was Initiated on the 9th February 1914 whilst serving on HMS Rosario; Passed 9th March 1914 and Raised on the 8th April 1914. He was killed in action on the 25th April 1916 aged 35. The husband of Elsie May Elliott of 370 Commercial Road, Portsmouth he is Remembered on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial Panel 15.
HM Submarine E22 built by Vickers at Barrow in Furness in 1914 and commissioned in November 1915. She was involved in experiments to intercept Zeppelins in the North Sea carrying 2 Sopwith Schneider Seaplanes on her casing. The boat submerged leaving the planes on the surface returning to Felixstowe. She was torpedoed by the German Submarine UB18 off Great Yarmouth on the 25th April 1916 with no survivors.
Wilfred Elliott is remembered on our List of Ships’ crews
