num_pages: 48
description: This is a biography of Wilfrith Elstob, schoolmaster and son of a Cheshire vicar. He was commissioned into the 1st Pals Battalion of the Manchester Regiment in 1914 and rose to command it at the battle of Manchester Hill on the Somme in 1918. He was killed in action during the battle.
language: English
title: Wilfrith Elstob VC DSO MC: "Here We Fight. Here We Die"
titlecomplete: Wilfrith Elstob VC DSO MC: "Here We Fight. Here We Die"
ratings_count: 1
publisher: Fleur de Lys