George Edwin Ellison green plaque

This green commemorative plaque records: George Edwin Ellison. 82,000 Leeds men and women served in the First World War, many departing from the city's railway stations. Over 10,000 never returned. They included George Edwin Ellison from Richmond Hill- a miner, husband and father. He was tragically killed just 90 minutes before the final armistice ceasefire on 11th November 1918: the last British person to die in action. Recorded plaque organisation: Leeds Civic Trust.

George Edwin Ellison was a British soldier who served in the First World War; he is remembered as the last British combat fatality of WWI, killed just 90 minutes before the armistice on November 11, 1918.