Private David Elliot

Private David Brown Elliot, 46th Battalion ( South Saskatchewan ), Canadian Infantry. He fell in action in France on 3rd September 1918, aged 20, during the ” Advance to Victory “. He had been born in Castleton and was the son of  Annie and the late Walter Elliot of Twislop, Liddesdale and is buried in Chapel Corner Cemetery, Sauchy-Lestree, Pas de Calais, France. His Headstone is inscribed ” Dear Is The Memory That Shall Never Fade “.  After his father dfied  the family emigrated to Saskatchewan, Canada. He was working as a farm labourer in Grenfell, Saskatchewan when he enlisted in December 1915. Due to its very high casualty rates the unit was known as the ” Suicide Battalion “. It lost 1,433 Killed and 3,484 wounded in 27 months service. ( A normal Battalion strength would be around 1,000 men ). The photographs show Allied troops pressing against the retreating German army during the final 100 days of the War.