Eldon, Ella Esterina
Personal Information
Rank | ACW1 |
Forename(s) | Ella Esterina |
Surname | Eldon |
Gender | F |
Age | 28 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 11-04-1944 |
Next of Kin | Daughter of Giovanni and Sarah Elizabeth Rossi, of Whitehaven. |
Aircraft Information
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Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Whitehaven Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Ward 6. Sec. L. Grave 687. |
Epitaph | IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR DEAR DAUGHTER ALWAYS REMEMBERED. JESUS, HAVE MERCY ON HER |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 160 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 2112312 |
Service | Women's Auxiliary Air Force |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 5 Group |
Trade | Ground |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 30-11--0001 |
End Date | 30-11--0001 |
Takeoff Station | Syerston |
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Operation | AC1W Eldon was killed in a collision with a NAAFI lorry on the Fosseway, while cycling from RAF Syerston to Newark. The accidedent occured only nine weeks after the death of her husband in Lancaster Royal Infirmary. She left their son, John James, born 22 December 1940, to be reared by her devastated parents, Giovanni and Sarah Elizabeth Rossi in her home town of Cleaton Moor, Cumberland. |
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