Biography of Private William Arthur Elvidge (44121)
173rd Coy., Machine Gun Corps (Infanry) Regiment
Formery 5819 Lincolnshire Regiment
Died 26th October 1917
Soldier
- Name: William Edis Arthur Elvidge
- Date of birth: 1894
- Place of Birth: Thurlby nr Bourne, Lincolnshire, England
- Date of Birth Registration: January – March 1894
- Place of Birth Registration: Bourne, Lincolnshire, England
Father
- Name: William Edis Elvidge
- DOB: 1867
- Place of Birth: Spalding, Lincolnshire, England
- Occupation: Farmer and grazer
Mother
- Name: Eliza Ann Robinson
- DOB: 16th December 1864
- Place Of Birth: Spalding, Lincolnshire, England
- Marriage: 1893 Spalding District
Siblings: (Name), (DOB), (POB)
- William Edis Arthur Elvidge, 1894, Thurlby
- Hilda Ethel Elvidge, 1895, Thurlby
- Dorothy Elvidge, 1898, Thurlby (died 1898)
- Dora Evelyn Elvidge, 1905, Thurlby
- Fred Cecil Elvidge, 1907, Thurlby
Census
- 1901: Arthur is living with his parents in the High Street, Thurlby ne Bourne, Lincolnshire.
- 1911: -William is living with his parents at The priory, Thurlby nr Bourne, Lincolnshire. The census gives him an age of 17 and he is listed as a farmer’s son working on farm.
Relatives in services
- None found
Marriage
- William never married but was engaged to Cassandra Louisa Mills.
Newspaper Mentions
- Grantham Journal Saturday 10th November 1917
THURLBY
THE TOLL OF WAR – News has reached Thurlby of the death in action, on the same day, of two of Thurlby’s contribution to our fighting line – on Oct. 26th, of Pte. Arthur Elvidge, of the Motor Transport, and Pte, George Wright, of the Lincolns. Pte. Elvidge was the elder son of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Elvidge, late of the Priory Farm, who removed to Laimdon, Essex, last April. Mr. and Mrs. Elvidge, who had lived in Thurlby twenty-six years, were well-known and respected, and the loss of their son will call forth the sympathy of their many friends. Pte. george Wright was the third son of Mr. Wm. Wright, of Northorpe. Previous to joining the Forces Pte. Wright was in the Metropolitan Police. He was maimed a few months ago, and the sympathy of the village is with the young widow and the parents in their great bereavement.
Military Records
Attestation Papers
- Available
Soldier’s Died In The Great War
- These records show that Private William Edward Arthur Elvidge, 44121, Infantry Bn Machine Gun Corps Regiment was killed in action on 26th October 1917 in the Western European Theatre in France and Flanders.
Pension Records
- None found
Effects Left To
- Fiancee Cassandra L Mills
Medals
- The British Medal
- The Victory Medal
Memorials
- UK:
- Thurlby, Roll of Honour in St Firmins Church
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission:
- In memory of Private William Edward arthur Elvidge, 44121, 173rd Coy., Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) Regiment who died on 26 October 1917
- Remembered with honour, Cement House Cemetery
- Grave Plot: VI. E. 6.
© Picture taken by South Lincolnshire War Memorials
© Picture taken by South Lincolnshire War Memorials
Military Service Timeline
- This is ongoing research and will be posted when completed
Sources
- WW1 Soldier’s Records (www.ancestry.co.uk)
- British Newspaper Archive.
- Fold 3
- Find My Past
- Genealogist
- Forces War Records
- British Army Service Numbers
- War Gratuity Calculator
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- National Archives – Battalion War Diaries
- General Registry Office