Four: Private A. E. Elliott, Royal Marine Light Infantry, who was captured and taken Prisone...

Four: Private A. E. Elliott, Royal Marine Light Infantry, who was captured and taken Prisoner of War at the Defence of Antwerp on 13 October 1914, whilst still under-age; repatriated at the end of the War, he remained in the service, and was killed in action during the Second World War when his Defensively Equipped Merchant Ship S.S. Bassa was torpedoed and sunk south-west of Roockall by the German U-32 with the loss of all hands on 29 September 1940 1914 Star, with clasp (Po.17379. Pte. A. E. Elliott, R.M. Brigade.); British War and Victory Medals (Po.17379 Pte. A. E. Elliott. R.M.L.I.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (Ply.21906 A. E. Elliott. Mne. R.M.) contact marks, generally nearly very fine (4) £240-£280 --- Albert Edward Elliott was born in Gateshead, Co. Durham, on 15 July 1897 and attested for the Royal Marine Light Infantry on 10 August 1914. He served with the Royal Marine Brigade during the Great War on the Western Front from 19 September 1914, and was captured and taken Prisoner of War during the Defence of Antwerp on 13 October 1914 whilst still under-age. He was repatriated on 24 December 1918, and remained in the Service for the entirety of the inter-War years, being awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 2 November 1930. Following the outbreak of the Second World War Elliott was born on the books of H.M.S. President III, and served in the Defensively Equipped Merchant Ship S.S. Bassa. He was killed with the Bassa, en route from Liverpool to New York as part of Convoy OB-219, was torpedoed and sunk with the loss of all hands by the German submarine U-32 south-west of Rockall at 00:53 on 29 September 1940. He is commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial. Sold with copied research.