The following was written on the reverse of a photo of George Ellis. The photo has not be made available to me, but the details on the reverse reads:
St Kilda
Regent Street
Leederville
Western Australia
Sunday 28 February 2010
Reverse of Photo of Alice Ellis nee Wareham
Sadly the photo has not been made available to me, but the following were the details on the reverse:
"Alice Ellis nee Wareham, wife of George Ellis. Mother of Stephen Frank Ellis. She had sons, Henry,Philip,Leonard,Stephen,Percival and daughter Olive. Survived her daughter and son George killed in 1914-1918 War"
"Alice Ellis nee Wareham, wife of George Ellis. Mother of Stephen Frank Ellis. She had sons, Henry,Philip,Leonard,Stephen,Percival and daughter Olive. Survived her daughter and son George killed in 1914-1918 War"
Letter - 14th November 1916
"Dear Mrs Ellis,
Your letter asking for news of your son reached me. It is with great regret that I am unable to give you any further news.
Ellis has been missing since July 13th and nothing further has been heard of him. I am very much afraid that he was killed on that date with many other brave fellows. He was an awfully good fellow and I miss him greatly"
Your letter asking for news of your son reached me. It is with great regret that I am unable to give you any further news.
Ellis has been missing since July 13th and nothing further has been heard of him. I am very much afraid that he was killed on that date with many other brave fellows. He was an awfully good fellow and I miss him greatly"
War Office Letter - 2nd September 1916
War Office
London
SW
2nd September 1916
No C2 Casualties
No 278885
Madam,
In reply to your enquiry of 18th August 1916. I am commanded by the Army Council to inform you that 1682 Private G.C.Ellis of 7th Royal West Surrey has been reported in a casualty list which has reached this office as missing since 13th-14th July 1916
London
SW
2nd September 1916
No C2 Casualties
No 278885
Madam,
In reply to your enquiry of 18th August 1916. I am commanded by the Army Council to inform you that 1682 Private G.C.Ellis of 7th Royal West Surrey has been reported in a casualty list which has reached this office as missing since 13th-14th July 1916
Missing Since 14th July 1916
"Private G E Ellis of the Queens Regiment, son of Mr & Mrs G Ellis of Charles Hill Elstead who has been missing since July 14th, 1916"
Letter from George Ellis - 26th June 1915
Officers Servant
Number 1682 D Boy
7(S) Batt Queens
Cadford-St-Mary
Wiltshire
"Had letter from Ollie - Herb had been home"
Number 1682 D Boy
7(S) Batt Queens
Cadford-St-Mary
Wiltshire
"Had letter from Ollie - Herb had been home"
Introduction.....
Back in 1990 I was introduced to a lady (described in the taglines as OS), who descended from one of the Ellis families of Elstead. The question was, were we descended from the same family?
Research has shown that we were, but we were not connected in the way I thought we were! Nonetheless, we spent some time together chatting about what we knew of the Ellis' and I was introduced to some of this lady's family documents. There were not many documents, which date to the troublesome days of the Great War, but I thought that twenty years after first seeing them, a quick transcript (and subsequent research) would be nicely committed to the world wide web.
Research has shown that we were, but we were not connected in the way I thought we were! Nonetheless, we spent some time together chatting about what we knew of the Ellis' and I was introduced to some of this lady's family documents. There were not many documents, which date to the troublesome days of the Great War, but I thought that twenty years after first seeing them, a quick transcript (and subsequent research) would be nicely committed to the world wide web.
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