About Wilfred Ellershaw
Lived 1871 – 1916 (aged 44–45). Wilfred Ellershaw was a British military leader.
Brigadier-General Wilfred Ellershaw (1871 – 5 June 1916) was a British Army officer who served as aide-de-camp to Lord Kitchener.
Early life and family Ellershaw was the son of Reverend John Ellershaw. He was educated at Bloxham School in Oxfordshire. He married Katherine Ingles, daughter of Rear-Admiral John Ingles and Catherine Sophia Glennie, on 22 June 1899.
Ellershaw died alongside Kitchener on 5 June 1916 when his ship, HMS Hampshire, struck a mine laid by German U-boat U-75 shortly after leaving Scapa Flow.
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Who was Wilfred Ellershaw?
British Army general
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Wilfred Ellershaw was born in 1871.
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Wilfred Ellershaw died in 1916.
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Wilfred Ellershaw was a military leader.
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Wilfred Ellershaw was British.
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