Career
Born in 1857 in England, Elmore joined the United States. Navy from Toulon, France. By October 1, 1878, he was serving as a landsman on the United States Ship Gettysburg. On that day, while Gettysburg was in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Algeria (36°58′North 3°44′East), he jumped overboard and saved Landsman Wallace Febrey from drowning.
On board the United States.S. Gettysburg.
Foreign jumping overboard and saving from drowning Wallace Febrey, landsman, while that vessel was under way at sea in latitude 36 degrees 58 minutes north, longitude 3 degrees 44 minutes east, 1 October 1878.