Notes
He enrolled at Worcester College, Oxford in 1911 and the college archives add: 'William Elmhirst matriculated in 1911 and achieved third class honours in Jurisprudence in 1914. The diary he kept of his freshman year (published in 1969) indicates how he threw himself into college life, joining a large number of clubs, rowing in the College Eight, and joining the Oxford University Officer Training Corps. Captain William Elmhirst served with the East Yorkshire Regiment from December 1914 until he was killed in action at Serres on 13 November 1916 during the Battle of the Somme.'