William George Elliott

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William George Elliott was born in Moreton, Dorset, on 22 May, 1889 and baptised there on 21 Jul 1889 the son of Albert Elliott and Emily Elliott (nee Walters). His father died in 1894 and his mother re-married Eli Charles Pitman in Motcombe, Shaftesbury, Dorset, on 19 Apr 1897. William had, by the 1901 Census, moved to his grandmother's address at Woolhouse Farm, Gillingham, Dorset, and by 1911 he was boarding out in Yeovil, Somerset, where he worked. He had married Florence Maud Dodge in Motcombe on 29 May 1913. He had enlisted with the Essex Regiment as a Private (Service No. 19796) and had served with them in the Balkans from 21 Nov 1915. At sometime afterwards he had transferred to the King's Royal Rifle Corps (Service No. TR13/60714). On his eventual discharge he was awarded the Victory and British War Medals as well as the 1915 Star. His name had been mentioned as a serving soldier in the Motcombe Parish Magazine of May 1916. Meanwhile his wife had died in 1918. The 1921 Census shows him living with his mother and step-father at Shorts Green Farm, Motcombe, where he was noted as being out of work having previously had employment in Shoeburyness, Essex. He had re-married Alice M. Purchase in Yeovil, Somerset, during 1925 and by the 1939 Register was living at 165 Huish, Yeovil, Somerset, described as a Horticultural Nursery Manager. His death was recorded in Yeovil on 19 Mar 1970.