| Location | Ipswich |
| Age | 34 years |
| Date of Death | 11/2006 |
| Visitors | 1,544 since 23/11/2006 |
| Creator |
Sharron was a brave solider who was killed in Iraq.
Staff Sergeant Sharron Elliott, who grew up in Suffolk was one of four people killed in an attack on
a Multi-National Forces boat patrol on the Shatt Al-Arab waterway on Sunday, November 12 - she had
been serving in Iraq for just over a week.
Sharron was the second female British solider to die during the war in Iraq.
Staff Sgt Elliott joined the Army at 18 and spent her early career in the Royal Electrical and
Mechanical Engineers, proving herself when she qualified as an aircraft technician, the first female
to do so in the army.
She the transferred to the Intelligence Corps and served in Germany and Belize, as well as
completing a number of operational tours including service in Northern Ireland, Kosovo and Iraq.
She was born and brought up in Ipswich and moved to the North East in 1998.
She had four siblings, two of whom are still serving in the Army.
Staff Sgt Elliott had recently been posted to Cyprus from the Defence College of Intelligence where
she had been a highly successful instructor.
I miss you crazy chick!
Do not stand at my grave and weep,
I am not there, I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow;
I am the diamond glints on snow.
I am the sunlight on ripened grain;
I am the gentle autumn's rain.
When you awaken in the morning's hush,
I am the swift uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circled flight.
I am the soft star that shines at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry.
I am not there; I did not die.
Sharon, you were great, very funny, intelligent and beautiful.When I see your picture the years slip back to Hadleigh. I am so glad that I knew you. xxx
Jan
Of all the years we weren't in touch
I never missed you quite as much
As I do now.
Wish you were back here.
I was the lucky one....
I was the lucky one - my partner also served in Iraq with the REME and each and every day was agony, waiting to hear news. Everything was uncertain (still is), days on end, news blackout, no telephone/email contact, news in the media etc - extremely hard. I was lucky that he (my partner) eventually returned home safe and well, after a 6 months' tour of duty. You, sadly, were not the 'lucky' ones.
The excruciating pain when you learnt the truly heartbreaking news I cannot begin to imagine. Sharron was a fine young lady, a woman to be immensly proud of, a woman with dignity and sense of duty.
Sharron will stay in your hearts forever until one day you will re-unite. I know she is still with you and looking out for you.
I, and my Partner, salute your Sharrons and all of those he has - temporarily - left behind.
The clichee 'words are cheap' are truly apt in this context!
With thoughts of Sharron and you, his family
Helen
A Beautiful Lady
Thank you Sharons mum for leaving a message on jays site,its hard i know,Hope Sharon is watching down on you all,im sure she is,Hope 2008 is prosperous for all the family,wishing you all the love and luck in the world.
Sharon i hope you had a fab christmas with all your mates,bet you and jay had a good laugh,you will always laugh in jays company.
Its so unfair,but they needed the best,so they chose you and jay.
Love to all the family at such a hard time of the year,keep smiling and the memories alive. Debs
as kids
as kids we wrote as penfriends. You came from Great Brittain.. I come from Holland... My dad had to translate in the beginning...than we lost contact cause we had to grow up...
now i've found you back Sharron. To late to get to know you personal again.. i wish your family will find strength in the silence you leave behind.
Robby van lankveld.
Boekel
Holland
Brave soldier
Sharron, hope you are safe and warm with the angels. My lovely grandson Aaron McClure was also killed in Aug. doing his duty in Afghanistan. It is so difficult for us families to not have our darling children near us, at xmas and all the time. Much love and hugs to you and your family, we do understand what they are going through. RIP, brave soldier, and very beautiful angel. Vi. xxxxxx
Merry Christmas
Hi Sharron
Just a message to wish you and your family a merry christmas im sure you will have a good one if Jay has anyhting to do with it
Look over your family at christmas time and send them our love x x
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