Basic Details
Surname
Ellis
Forenames
John
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Service number
44626
Notes
The Roll lists his address as 16 Eastfield Road.

(CWGC records that Private J Ellis, regimental number 44626, died on 17/11/1918 while serving in the 8th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment, and that he is buried in grave VI.J.6 at Niederzwehren Cemetery at Kassel in Germany, having been reinterred after the War from Langensalza P.O.W. Cemetery No 2. Soldiers Died in the Great War records that he formerly served in the London Regiment under regimental number 536709. The Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects record that he died 17/11/1918, and that his father Joseph was his legatee).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Gloucesters
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
8th
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Pte
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Germany
Town of death
Langensalza
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1918
Month of death
November
Day of death
17
Manner of death as stated
Died as the "result of sickness and starvation whilst a Prisoner of War in hospital at Langensalza"
Manner of death reference
Died of Disease
Personal Details
Address
16, EASTFIELD ROAD
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial