William Eland (17580 Cpl.)

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a soldier of the border regiment
remembered with honour

Lonsdale Battalion Roll of Honour

Name	William Eland
Rank	Corporal
Number	17580
Company	D Company
Attached ^§
Transferred ^¥
Former unit ^‡	None listed in SDGW
Enlisted	8 February 1915, Carlisle, Cumberland
Resident	65 Lawson Street, Aspatria, Cumberland
Born	Egremont, Cumberland
Died	11 February 1917
Where died	France and Flanders
How died	Died of wounds
Age
Casualty type	Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial	Grave
Reference no.	Green Dump Cem. Mem. 6
Resting place	Ancre British Cemetery, Beaumont-Hamel
Source	Commonwealth War Graves Commission Soldiers Died in the Great War (1921)
Notes	*William was previously employed as a miner.

Biography

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