Name
Elliot Dryden Case
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
27/07/1915
24
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Lieutenant
Royal Engineers
2nd Northumbrian Field Company
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
CITE BONJEAN MILITARY CEMETERY, ARMENTIERES
IX. C. 8.
France
UK & Other Memorials
Royal Masonic School Memorial, Rickmansworth
Pre War
Born in Feb 1891 and baptised on 12 Apr 1891 in Wood Green, London son of Harry Ernest and Sarah Isabella Case later of Islington. Educated at the Royal Masonic School 1901-07. He became a civil engineer in Newcastle.
Wartime Service
Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant R.E. in Sep 1914 and entered France in April 1915. He was shot by a sniper while repairing a front-line trench near Armentieres.
Additional Information
Brother of 2nd Lieutenant Harry Ernest Case who was killed on 14 Aug 1915 and is also commemorated on this memorial.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Old Masonians Association
