In Struma Military Cemetery, Greece is the Commonwealth War Grave of 1991 Sapper Robert Elliott serving with the 2nd/1st (Northumberland) Field Company, Royal Engineers, who died 02/11/1916.

The son of Henry and Annie Elliott, of Newbrough, Fourstones, Northumberland and the husband of Meggie Elliott, of Stagshaw Lodge, Corbridge, Northumberland. He enlisted in the Royal Engineers in February 1915. He served in France, Belgium and Salonika.

In Newbrough (St. Peter) Cemetery is a family headstone which reads:

In loving memory of
Henry
husband of Annie Elliott
who died at Stonecroft
March 23rd 1910 aged 72 years
also of the above Annie
who died Sep. 4th 1929
aged 71 years
also of Robert Elliott
Northumbrian Royal Engineers
Their eldest son and husband of
Meggie Elliott
who died on active service near
Salonica Nov. 2nd 1916 aged 34 years
interred in Kilo Military Cemetery

Aged 34, he was recorded missing at Cubuluk Bridge, Macedonia on 2 November 1916 and later recorded as having drowned.

He attended Newbrough Boys School, leaving in 1897.

Acknowledgements: Ron Carson

Robert Elliott is remembered at Newbrough on N12.01, N12.05, N12.06 and N12.08