In memory of

Sergeant

Howard Lee Elliott

who died on 15 Oct 1941

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service RCAF
  Unit No. 114 Squadron, Royal Air Force
  Rank Sergeant
  Service number R62406
  Date of death 19411015
  Cause of death killed in action
Narrative history
  R62406 Sergeant (No. 114 Hong Kong Squadron RAF air gunner) Howard Lee Elliott (b.1916) of Forgn was KIA 19411015 and is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial near London, England, for airmen who died with no known grave. Elliott's Blenheim was shot down over the North Sea. He was the son of Charles Edward Elliott who came from Vasey, Simcoe Co., Ontario, to homestead NW2-27-14-W3 west of Forgan in 1907, his mother Myrtle Eugenia (Phipps) was from Owen Sound, Grey Co. The family moved to Saskatoon after a fire destroyed their home in 1926. Howard was educated at Forgan and Bedford Road collegiate where his name is inscribed on the memorial gates to the school's library. He was farming and playing hockey when he enlisted at Saskatoon in 1940. His brother James served in the Navy.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 257 - Monet
  Cemetery or memorial location Runnymede Memorial, Egham, Surrey, England    

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  Honour roll location(s) Forgan
Elrose
  Geo-memorial Elliott Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 56.45°N / 102.7167°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 64D7
  Geo-memorial details Brother Ken and sister Lois installed a memorial plaque at Elliott Lake east of Southend in 1985.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19161129
  Place of birth Forgan    
  Date of enlistment 19400821
  Place of enlistment Saskatoon    
  Residence on enlistment Forgan    
  Occupation farmer
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