British dugout camp at 'Rhondda Valley' part of the Birdcage Line defences outside Salonika, March 1916.
© IWM (Q 31843)
© IWM (Q 31843)
Lieutenant Hugh Elliot
1st Battalion attached to 14th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment
Died of Dysentry
Date of Birth: 28 May 1896
Place of Birth: Colchester, Essex
Date of Death: 21 June 1916, aged 20
Buried: Salonika (Lembet Road) Military Cemetery, Greece; remembered on Seafront Memorial and St. James’ Memorial Window, Teignmouth, Devon.
Awarded the 1914-15 Star, The British War Medal and the Victory Medal
Lieutenant Hugh Elliot age 20.
Hugh was born in Colchester 28 May 1896, the son of Major Hugh Elliot, and Alicia Lucy Elliot (née Robinson) of Grosvenor Terrace, Teignmouth, Devon.
Hugh's father was born 22 October 1863 in Gorakhpur of the North Western Provence of India and died 26 July 1915 serving at at Ypres, Belgium. Alicia, Hugh's mother was born in Sligo, Ireland in 1861.
The 1901 census shows that Hugh has four siblings (Margaret Elliot, Gilbert Percy Elliot, Clara Lucy Elliot and Carles Frances Desmond Elliot). The family have a servant living with them.
Sandhurst Royal Military College. Photo by WyrdLight.com CC BY 3.0 modified
Hugh was baptised on the 12 July 1896 in Colchester, St Botolph, Essex, England. He attended Hillsborough School, Teignmouth; Christ's Hospital Horsham (Boarding School) 1909-1913, and went to the Royal Military College at Sandhurst in September 1913.
King’s (Liverpool Regiment) Cap Badge © IWM (INS 5535
Hugh was gazetted 11 August as 2nd Lieutenant with the King's Liverpool Regiment, he served in Flanders from October to January 1915 attached to the Manchester Regiment. He rejoined his own regiment the1st Battalion in France from February to June 1915 and promoted to Lieutenant . He was invalided home in February 1915, but returned to the Front and fought in the battle of Neuve Chappelle.
Moving to the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Hugh was attached to 14th Battalion when he died of dysentery in Salonika on 21 June 1916. He was buried in Salonika (Lembet Road) Military Cemetery, Greece; remembered on Seafront Memorial and St. James’ Memorial Window, Teignmouth, Devon.
Grave Inscription reads: “Nec Aspera Terrent* - All you had hope for, all you had, you gave” (motto of King’s Regiment)
Christ's Hospital (boarding school) Remembrance 
Christ's Hospital (boarding school) Roll of Honour
"Hugh Elliot. Nature was kind to Hugh Elliot. Personal charm, intellectual and artistic ability, courage - these good gifts were his. And these gifts he gave like so many others of our splendid boys to his country. He was a born soldier and did not really find himself until he got to Sandhurst, with the first prize cadetship ever won from the school.
He passed out third in what before the war was the shortest possible time, and soon showed himself worthy of the great regiment at the head of which his father was killed in the first year of the war. After serving in France he was sent to Salonika, and there he died of fever. His spirit was always stronger than his body, and he might have been a great soldier. Few fellows were better loved by those who knew him at housey."
Christ's Hospital, "The Blue" Magazine October 1916
"Lieutenant Hugh Elliot, of the King's (Liverpool) Regiment died on June 21st. He was the third son of the late Major Hugh Elliot, the King's, and Mrs. Elliot of Grosvenor Terrace, Teignmouth. He was born in May 1896 and was educated at Hillsborough School, Teignmouth and at Christ's Hospital, Horsham.
He entered Sandhurst as a prize cadet in September 1913 and passed out in July 1914, being gazetted to his father's old regiment in August. He was promoted in January 1915. He served with the Manchester regiment in Flanders from October 1914 until January 1915, when he was invalided home.
He rejoined his own regiment in February 1915, and was in temporary command of his company at the battle of Neuve Chapelle. Afterwards his battalion was moved to another theatre of war. Lieutenant Elliot's father was killed in action last year."
From the Teignmouth Post
Friday 30 June 1916
