| Surname: | Elson |
| Initials: | A |
| Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Army Number: | 6284742 |
| Notes: | CMP. Formerly The Buffs, East Kent Regiment, transferred to CMP. 28/9/45 Discharged. Arthur Elson. Served Buffs, Home 1/12/1939 - 31/3/1940, CMP, Home 1/4/1940 - 22/6/1940, British Troops Iceland (49 (WR) Div Pro Coy, 23/6/1940 - 1/9/1942, Home 2/9/1942 - 12/3/1943, Middle East 13/3/1943 - 28/8/1943, North Africa, Italy 29/8/1943 -31/8/1945, Home 1/9/1945 - 28/9/1945. Awarded the 1939-1945 Star, Africa Star, Italy Star, Defence Medal, War Medal. (Info from Army Service Book supplied by his son David Elson.) |