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Surname: GILL
Forename(s): John Hudson
Place of Birth: Skipton, Yorkshire
Service No: 27220
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: East Yorkshire Regiment
Battalion / Unit: 8th (Service) Battalion
Division: 3rd Division
Age: 25
Date of Death: 1917-04-11
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: I. M. 14.
CWGC Cemetery: DUISANS BRITISH CEMETERY, ETRUN
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: COWLING, YORKSHIRE
Local War Memorial: EARBY, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
John Hudson Gill was the son of Thomas and Ann Gill, née Baines. Thomas was born at Embsay and Ann at Middleton Tyas, Yorkshire.
1901 Cowling, Yorkshire Census: Mid Lane Ends - John H. Gill, aged 7 years, born Skipton, Yorkshire, son of Anne and stepson of Joseph E. Chapman. [Ann had married Joseph Edward Chapman in 1895.]
1911 Earby, Yorkshire Census: 12, Dale Street, Cemetery Road - John Hudson Gill, aged 17 years, born Skipton, Yorkshire, son of Ann and stepson of Joseph Ed. Chapman.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte John Gill, 27220, E. York. R.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte John Gill, 27220, 8th E. York. R. Died.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte John Gill, 27220, 8th Bn E. York. Date and Place of Death: 11.4.17. No.41 C.C.S. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Mother - Ann Chapman. £5 1s. 8d.
The entry for John Hudson Gill is duplicated in the CPGW book on page 379 where he is named as Private John Gill, East Yorks. Regt.
See also:
‘Earby in the First World War’ by Stephanie Carter, published by Earby & District Local History Society (2014).
‘Our Finest Crop’ by Steven Marshall, published by Earby & District Local History Society (2020).
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
GILL, John, aged 24, West Yorkshire Regiment, 37, Victoria Road, [Earby], died form injuries, France, April 11, 1917.
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Private John Hudson GILL
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: East Yorkshire Regiment
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 3rd Division
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