BORN HULL 1887. ENLISTED HULL. LIVED AT 24 PEASE STREET. KILLED IN ACTION AT LOOS. LEFT HIS ARMY EFFECTS TO MRS EDITH ANDERSON. NOTE ERDIN ELIASSEN – BOOTMAKER AT 5 RUSSELL PLACE, HULL. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH ON 3RD DECEMBER 1915. *
George Eliasson was born in 1887 in Hull. He had two sisters Magdalene and Matilda (my great grandmother). Incidentally his parents were Scandanavian. His father Elias was from Sweden and his mother Alma Knudson was from Norway. George Eliasson was born Odin Eliasson, he changed his name to George when he joined up….probably thought he’d get less hassle this way. His medal roll shows he was awarded all 3 campaign medals for WW1. 1914-15 star, the War Medal and Victory. (Thank You to Laird Karensky for sharing this information and photograph on 11/08/2016)
