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The names of 197 local men who lost their lives in World War I are
inscribed on the bells of the Memorial Community Church in Plaistow. They are our local heroes

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John Scot Ellis

Private
Devon

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Born
Limehouse - c. 1876
Died
France and Flanders - 4 October 1916
Age
40
Death
Killed in action
Served in
Devon
Awards
Unknown
Memorials
Unknown
Lived
Unknown

John Scot's story

Enlisted in Stratford.

The Tabernacle Messenger of January 1915 reported that a R Ellis was one of the servicemen who received a parcel for Christmas 1914 from the church.

 

Service Number
16366
Mother
Unknown
Father
Unknown
Spouse
Unknown
Buried
Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium
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