Five: Lieutenant A. F. Elliott, 17th (1st Football) Battalion, Middlesex Regiment

1914-15 Star (2.Lieut. A. F. Elliott. Midd’x R.); British War and Victory Medals, with small M.I.D. oak leaves (Lieut. A. F. Elliott.); Defence Medal; France, Third Republic, Somme Combatants’ Medal, bronze, first four mounted as worn, good very fine and better (5) £100-140

Arthur Foord Elliott was born at Hollingbourne, Kent, on 10 January 1890, and was educated at Ardingly College, serving in the Ardingly Officer Training Corps. He enlisted in the King Edward’s Horse on 28 August 1914, noting that he had previously served for four and a half years in the 21st Battalion London Regiment, was qualified as Sergeant Instructor, and had resigned on accepting a civil appointment in West Africa (Gold Coast). He was a ‘merchant’ by trade and was recommended as having an excellent knowledge of accounts by Thomas J. Theobald, Chartered Accountant, The Strand.
Elliott served as Motor Despatch Corporal with the 2nd King Edward’s Horse and was discharged on 31 March 1915, having received a commission in the Middlesex Regiment. He first served during the Great War on Western Front with the 17th (1st Football) Battalion Middlesex Regiment from 17 November 1915. He suffered severely from shell shock having been blown up and buried by a shell explosion for 15 minutes at Delville Wood on 28 July 1916, being concussed but not unconscious. He was sent home on 1 August 1916 to No.4 London General Hospital, Denmark Hill, and was there until March 1917, when he returned to light duties with the 5th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment, and at Hounslow Infantry Record Office until 8 April 1918. He was invalided out in May 1918 (60% disability), awarded a wound pension of £50 for one year and a Silver War Badge. He died in Worthing, Sussex, in June 1979.

Sold together with three original photographs.