Photo: Brian Chandler
Son of George and Annie Elliot, of Wooler, Northumberland.
Inscription
Dulce Et Decorum Est Pro Patria Mori
In St. Mary’s Burial Ground is the Commonwealth War Grave with a private headstone of 4273988 Fusilier Sidney Elliot serving with the 9th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers who died 04/04/1940.
The headstone reads:
In memory of
my dear sons
Fus. Sydney D. Elliot 9th R.N.F.
1920-1940
Sgt. James N. Elliot 7th R.N.F.
1917-1941
Who died on active service
His brother Sydney was also killed.
James Niven Elliot is remembered in Wooler on W68.01
Is he the “J.H. Elliot” W68.02?
