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GILL, Herbert

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Rank: Sergeant

Year of death: 1916

Date of birth: QE Sept 1893

Date of death: 15.9.1916 or 17.9.1916

Place of death: France

Service number: 2148

Regiment: Yorkshire Regiment (Alexandra) 1/5th Battalion

Medals: Enlisted: Scarborough. Family grave records “Killed in France” 15.9.1916, age 23. CWGC records date of death as 17.9.1916.

Cemetery location: Manor Road Cemetery, Scarborough, Section U
Family grave

Where remembered?: CWGC Adanac Military Cemetery, Miraumont, France, Sp. Mem. A4.
Remembered on family grave in Manor Road Cemetery, Scarborough.

Biographical Information

Born 1893 in York. Son of Harry & Fanny Gill. 1901 census, living at 21 Mansfield Street, York, Herbert age 7 at school. 1911 census, living at Flaxton Station, York, father Harry (NER).

Inscription

Resting/in/loving memory of/HARRY GILL/died Nov 26th 1938/aged 68 years/also/HERBERT/only son of the above/killed in France/Sept 15th 1916/aged 23 years/also/FANNY/beloved wife of the above HARRY GILL/died May 31st 1952/aged 80 years/Re-united.