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Raymond Eldon

Lc. Cpl.
Raymond Eldon

Military Details

Service Number: 12535

Regiment & Unit / Ship

3rd Battalion No. 3 Company Colestream Guards

Enlisted

5 Sept 1914

Awards and Medals

The 1914-15 Star

The 1914-15 Star

The Victory Medal

The Victory Medal

The British War Medal, 1914-18

The British War Medal, 1914-18

Enlistment Details

Date of Enlistment

5 Sept 1914

Place of Enlistment

Newcastle

Rank at Enlistment

Pte

Battalion at Enlistment

3rd

Service Number at Enlistment

12535

Service History

Theatre of War: France Date Entered: 9 February 1915

Personal Details

Date of Birth

1896

Place of Birth

Cleator Moor

Religion

R.C.

Address

32, Jubilee Street, Wallsend, Northumberland

Residence (Census)

117 Denham Terrace, Wallsend Northumberland.

Residence (Roll of Honour)

32, Jubilee Street, Wallsend, Northumberland

Parents

James and Mary Maria Eldon (née Glanville.) Married 1896 Whitehaven

Siblings

James Watson, Joseph Edward and Mary Agnes

Family Connection

Nephew of John Stafford

Education and Occupation

Occupation

Pit Pony Driver

Death and Memorial

Date of Death

12th April 0918

Age at Death

21

Circumstances of Death

Killed in Action

Theater of Action

France

Regiment at Death

Colestream Guards

Battalion/Vessel at Death

3rd Battalion No. 3 Company

Rank at Death

Lc. Cpl.

Notes

Newcastle Evening Chronicle - 7 May 1918: Killed in action, 12th April, 1918, aged 21½ years, Lance-Corporal Raymond Eldon, 12535, Coldstream Guards, dearly beloved oldest son of James and Mary Eldon, of 32, Jubilee Street, Wallsend, grandson of James and Ellen Eldon, also grandson of the late Richard and Mary Glanville, Cleator Moor. Deeply mourned by his sorrowing father and mother, brothers and sister. May his reward be as great as his sacrifice. R.I.P. Cumberland papers please copy. Newcastle Journal - 14 May 1918: DEATHS. Mr and Mrs Jas. Eldon, 32, Jubilee Street, Wallsend, have received news that their son, Lance-Corporal Raymond Eldon, Coldstream Guards, was killed on April 12. Newcastle Evening Chronicle - 12 April 1919: Eldon. - In loving memory of our dear son, Lance-Corporal Raymond Eldon, 3rd Coldstream Guards, killed in action April 12, 1918, aged 21 years. He sleeps beside his comrades, In a hallowed grave unknown, But his name is written in letters of love, In the hearts he left at home. Deeply mourned and sadly missed by his loving father and mother, brothers and sister. R.I.P. Also my dear sister, Mable Coles (nee Glanville) who died at Paunton, March 19, 1918, aged 28 years. Thy will be done.

Buried or Commemorated at

MERVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

France

Grave Position: I. F. 19

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