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Leicestershire Regiment

 

Compiled with the help of the Commonwealth War Graves and Martin Stiles

 

This Page is Dedicated To

4857340

Lance Corporal

Elkington, Frederick

 

Leicestershire Regiment

1st Battalion

Associate Regiment and Unit:-

Unknown

 

 

Died

Age:

26

Date of Death:

1941/12/22

Cause of Death:

Died during the retreat from the Battle for Jitra

Place of Death:

Jitra, Malaya

 

Loved Ones

Son of Joseph and Mary Ann Elkington, of Leicester.

 

Memorial

Column 64.

SINGAPORE MEMORIAL

Kranji War Cemetery west of the Singapore-Johore road (Bukit Timah Expressway) on Woodlands Road

Singapore

 

Because of the Leicestshires and East Surreys losses during the Battle for Jitra, the two regiments were amalgamated to form the British Battalion

 

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