On This Day
On This Day, 28 June 1916
On 28, Jun 2016 | In On This Day | By Nicola Gauld
Birmingham Daily Post
Wednesday 28 June 1916
PATRIOTIC BIRMINGHAM FAMILY
SIX SONS SERVING IN THE ARMY
Mr. H. J. Elliott, a son of the late Mr. Henry Elliott, who was a director of Elliott’s Metal Company, Selly Oak, has six sons serving in the army, five of them holding the King’s commission and the sixth training for a commission. Their names are as follows:-
Henry E. Elliott, sec. lieut., R.G.A
E. Lawrence Elliott, lieut., A.S.C.
A. Cedric Elliott, capt., Arg. And Suth. High’s.
R. Derrick Elliott, capt., E. Yorks. R.
Philip M. Elliott, sec. lieut., Midd’x R.
W. Douglas Elliott, 8th Cadet Bn.
Capt. A. C. Elliott, Lieut. E. L. Elliott, Sec. Lieut. H. E Elliott, and Sec. Lieut. P. M. Elliott are all serving at the front. The last-named was wounded in action in France on May 9, 1915, and he returned to the front in December last. Capt. R. D. Elliott has been a prisoner of war in Turkey since August, 1915.
