Regiment Manchester Regiment commanding 16th Battalion
Later Kings Regiment
Now The Duke of Lancasters Regiment
Rank VC Won Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
Rank End Of Career Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
Place Of Birth Chichester, Sussex, England
Place Of Death Manchester Redoubt, near St Quentain, France
Buried/Location Ashes Named on Pozieres Memorial to the Missing, Pozieres British Cemetery, Ovillers-la-Boisselle, 3 miles north-east of Albert, Somme, France (location unknown)
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
HeadstonePlot/Grave no. Panel 64
Gazetted 9 June 1919
VC Presented 24 July 1919 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England to his father, Canon John George Elstob
Memorials
P Named on Pozieres Memorial to the Missing, France
P Named on War Memorial, All Saints Church, Siddington, Cheshire
P Named on War Memorial, Park Green, Macclesfield, Cheshire
P Named on War Memorial, Town Hall, Macclesfield, Cheshire
Named on War Memorial, St Michael's and All Angels Church, Market Place, Macclesfield, Cheshire
Named on War Memorial, Merchiston Castle School, Edinburgh, Scotland
Named on War Memorial, Manchester University, Manchester, Gtr Manchester
P Named on War Memorial, Christ Hospital School, Horsham, West Sussex
Named on War Memorial, Ryleys School, Alderley Edge, Cheshire
House named after him, Ryleys School, Alderley Edge, Cheshire
P Memorial Plaque, All Saints Church, Siddington, Cheshire
P Memorial Window, All Saints Church, Siddington, Cheshire
Entry in Book of Remembrance, The Chapel of The Manchester Regiment and The King's Regiment, Manchester Cathedral, Manchester, Gtr Manchester
By The Way…
Before the war, he was a Master at Merchiston Castle School, Edinburgh
VC Held By
Manchester Regiment, The Museum of the Manchesters, Ashton Town Hall, Market Place, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England
