George Edwin Ellison
(d.1918)
Died aged unknown
Wikidata WikipediaPrivate George Edwin Ellison (10 August 1878 – 11 November 1918) was the last British soldier to be killed in action during the First World War. He died at 09:30 am (90 minutes before the armistice came into effect), shot by a sniper while on a patrol in woodland on the outskirts of Mons, Belgium.
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George Edwin Ellison. 82,000 Leeds men and women served in the First World War, many departing from the city's railway stations. Over 10,000 never returned. They included George Edwin Ellison from Richmond Hill- a miner, husband and father. He was tragically killed just 90 minutes before the final armistice ceasefire on 11th November 1918: the last British person to die in action.
Leeds City Railway Station, City Square., Leeds, United Kingdom where they lived near