ELSDON, George Henry
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Rank:
Sergeant
Unit / Base:
6 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Artillery
Service:
Army
Service Number:
831786
Born:
1919
Birthplace:
Tamworth, Staffordshire
Died :
Saturday, June 10, 1944
Killed in action or died of wounds
Cemetery/Memorial:
Sergeant George Elsdon was killed in action during operations at Normandy, France.
No 6 Cdo War Diary 10th June 1944
"Place: In the field, Le Plein a.m. - 2 Troop kill 2 snipers with 'K' gun. We are heavily mortared. We answer with our own mortars. 0800 - Enemy attacks, all troops engage. By 1700 hrs all attacks definitely repelled. Suspect enemy got it in the neck. Our own casualties total 16."
- 1933 attested into the Royal Artillery.
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30 November 1942 (Lance Sergeant) (No.6 Commando) wounded during operations in North Africa.
Sources
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/55 (1942) and WO417/77 (1944).
Royal Artillery Attestaions Register 1933.
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