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Andrew Behan has kindly carried out some research on this man:
Rifleman John Minell Elliott.       Born in 1878 in Marylebone, London, the son of James and Annie Mary Elliott. His father was a Drapers Assistant. He was baptised on the 18^th August 1878 at All Saints Church, Margaret Street, Marylebone, and the family were living at 3 Winsley Street, Marylebone. In April 1881 the family were living at 1 Luton Street, Marylebone and in April 1891 they were at 54a Redhill Street, St Pancras, London. By March 1901 he had left the family home and was boarding at 38 Cumberland Market, St Pancras and he was a Railway Porter. He enlisted in the 1^st battalion of the Rifle Brigade at Stratford, London on the 16^th August 1902, service number 9178 and gave his occupation on enlistment as a Barman. He served for 8 years in both Malta and India as well as at home. By April 1911 he had left the army and was a Motor Washer, boarding at 30 Redhill Street, Regents Park, London. In July 1912 he was appointed as a Postman in the West London Postal Service. On the 16^th November 1912 he married Edith Mary Fleming at the St Pancras Register Office. He re-engaged with the army on the 26^th August 1914 and served in the 3^rd Battalion of the Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort’s Own). He entered France on the 10^th September 1914 and was Killed in Action on the 13^th October 1914, aged 35 years, and is buried in Grave IV.K.860. at the Meteren Military Cemetery, Nord, France. His widow, who remarried and became Mrs Edith M. Gindley, and who lived at 3 Caerau Road, Newport Monmouthshire, was award a pension of 18s.6d. for herself and their two children who were born on the 24^th October 1913 and the 17^th January 1915. He was posthumously awarded the 1914 Star and Clasp, the British War Medal and the Victory Medal.