WILLIAMS, ELLIS MYRWDYN
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Private
4080211
23/09/1944
27
The East Lancashire Regiment 1st Bn.
I. F. 10.
Resting where no shadows fall in perfect peace
he awaits us all
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Son of David and Margaret Williams, of Pentwen, Monmouthshire.
Initially buried at the churchyard of the Roman Catholic church of Bergeijk.
From the service records of Ellis Myrwdyn Williams, the following account can be reconstructed.
Ellis Myrwdyn Williams was born on 25 July 1917.
In civilian life he worked as a surface labourer. He was described as being 5 feet 7⅞ inches tall, with grey eyes and dark brown hair. He was unmarried.
He enlisted in the British Army on 17 January 1940, joining the Brecknock Regiment. On 10 July 1944, he was transferred to the East Lancashire Regiment.
Ellis Myrwdyn Williams was killed in action on 23 September 1944.
