Fred GILL

Main CPGW Record

Surname: GILL

Forename(s): Fred

Place of Birth: Skipton, Yorkshire

Service No: 41191

Rank: Gunner

Regiment / Corps / Service: Royal Field Artillery

Battalion / Unit: 'D' Battery 104th Brigade

Division: 23rd Division

Age: 27

Date of Death: 1916-08-06

Awards: M.M.

CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Sp. Mem. 22.

CWGC Cemetery: FLATIRON COPSE CEMETERY, MAMETZ

CWGC Memorial: ---

Non-CWGC Burial: ---

Local War Memorial(s): Not Listed (View Names Not Listed on a Local War Memorial)

Additional Information:

Fred Gill was the son of Arthur and Sarah Ann Gill, née Clapham. Arthur was born at Greenhill (Greenhow Hill), and Sarah at Frizinghall, Yorkshire.

1891 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: 22, Pembroke Street - Fred Gill, aged 2 years, born Skipton, son of Arthur and Sarah A. Gill.

1901 Bradford, Yorkshire Census: 23, Fletcher Lane - Fred Gill, aged 12 years, born Skipton, Yorkshire, son of Arthur and Sarah A. Gill.

1911 Bradford, Yorkshire Census: 5, Fletcher Lane, Bolton Woods - Fred Gill, aged 23 years, born Skipton, Yorkshire, son of Arthur and Sarah Ann Gill.

The British Army Service Record for Fred Gill exists but may be incomplete.

British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Gnr Fred Gill, M.M., 41191, Royal Field Artillery. Theatre of War (1) France. Qualifying date [for 1914-15 Star]: 25 August 1915.

Data Source: Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-19 Records

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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---

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