Private
J Ellis
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  • Name
  • Initials
    J
  • Surname
    Ellis
  • Date of Birth
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  • Resided town
  • Commemorated
  • Nationality
  • Place of death
  • Date of death
  • Married
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  • Rank
    Private
  • Regiment
    Royal Garrison Artillery

Biography

Private J Ellis passed through Peterborough East Station and signed the visitors’ book on 5 July 1916. He wrote:

“I write here not for beauty

I write here not for fame

I write to be remembered

So I’ll just sign my name”

He was possibly part of a group of four Royal Garrison Artillery soldiers, which included Private John Lancaster, Private John W Harland and Private Francis Miller Harding, who were stationed at Sheffield.

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