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Frederick Arthur Elliott   Queens

Surname Elliott  
Forename/s Frederick Arthur  
Rank Private  
Service Number 11417778  
DOB Circa 1922  
Address    
Date & place of death/details 8/9/1944 age 22  
Regiment & Unit Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)  
Service details    
Military Awards?    
Married?               Children?    
Any photographs?    
Derbyshire Times Obituary: 6/10/1944. F.Elliott  
Parents names Federick & Elizabeth (Maria) Elliott.  
Parents address In the 1940’s the family house was at Stone Row, Old Tupton.   
Grave location or   memoria location Buried at Coriano Ridge war Cemetery, North East Italy.
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Living relatives?    
Any other information? Following Frederick’s death, no obituary was posted in the Derbyshire Times. There is an acknowledgement of his death dated 6th October 1944 and an ‘In Memorandum’ message in September 1945 from his sisters Kit & Joyce.
There is no information of when Frederick joined the Queens Royal Regiment, West Surry (Known as ‘The Queens’), or which specific battalion he was in, the date of death becomes paramount. Being the 8th September 1944, only the 2nd/5th, the 2nd/6th & 2nd/7th ‘Queens’ battalions were fighting in Italy at that time, all part of the 169th Infantry Brigade. British 8th Army.
The British 8th Army launched the battle of Gemmano on the 4th September 1944 and it lasted until the 15th September. This was an attack on the German ‘Gothic Line’ in North East Italy, with the aim of taking the high ground of Gemmano Ridge and so breaching the defences. Although this 11-day battle achieved its objective, it was at a cost of 2,400 British casualties killed or wounded. Frederick died on the 8th September which is mid-way through this battle.
Frederick was 22 when he was killed, but there is no details as to when he enlisted. The 3 ‘Queens’ battalions of which he would have been in, had previously fought in the desert, from El Alamein in 1942 through to the Africa Corps surrender in Tunisia, in 1943. They had also taken part in both the amphibious landings of Italy fighting at Salerno & Anzio.  
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