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Surname: GILL
Forename(s): Tom Hartas
Place of Birth: Gargrave, Yorkshire
Service No: 116714
Rank: Gunner
Regiment / Corps / Service: Royal Field Artillery
Battalion / Unit: ---
Division: division unknown
Age: 23
Date of Death: 1921-04-17
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: ---
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: GARGRAVE (ST. ANDREW) CHURCHYARD
Local War Memorial: GARGRAVE, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Tom Hartas Gill (born 31 January 1898) was the son of John William and Mary Elizabeth Gill, née Weatherill. John was born at Gargrave and Mary at Helmsley, Yorkshire. Mary was the half-sister of Private William Edward Parrott (G/44798) (q.v.).
1901 Gargrave, Yorkshire Census: 26, River Place - Tom H. Gill, aged 3 years, born Gargrave, son of John W. and Mary E. Gill.
1911 Gargrave, Yorkshire Census: South Street - Tom Hartas Gill, aged 13 years, born Gargrave, son of John William and Mary Elizabeth Gill.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Gnr Thomas Gill, 116714, R.F.A.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Gnr Thomas Gill, 116714, R.F.A.
The R.F.A. Brigade that Tom served with when overseas is not known.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards 1914-1923: Gunner Thomas Gill, 116714, R.F.A. Date and cause of death: 17.4.21. Disease. Particulars of Claimant: Mother - Mrs. M. E. Gill, 41, Albert Street, Brierfield, Lancs.
Tom was buried at Gargrave on the 21 April 1921.
Tom is commemorated on the Brierfield War Memorial.
A short biography of Tom is included in: ‘From Mills to Marching and Back Again – A History of Gargrave from 1900 to 1925’ by Sue Lyall and Donavon Slaven with contributions from George Ingle, Ray Jones and Martin Thompson (2019).
Photograph courtesy of Martin Thompson, Gargrave.
Data Source: Local War Memorial
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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---
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Gunner Tom Hartas GILL
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Royal Field Artillery
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Birth Certificate for Tom Hartas Gill
(Copy 24 August 2016)
This and all images below are courtesy of Martin Thompson, Gargrave
Tom (born 31 January 1898)
Wesleyan School, Gargrave (16 May 1901)
Tom, aged three years, is holding the board
Tom is in the front row, 5th from left (c. 1906)
Outside St Peter's Church, Coniston Cold
Tom is in the front row, 4th from the right (c. 1906)
Bell Busk, Yorkshire
Tom is sitting at the front on the left (The man on the far right is Mr Taylor of Bell Busk)
Tom (c. 1908)
Left to right: Jonny Roberts, Fred Taylor and Tom
Jonny married Tom's sister, Margaret, in 1925 (Margaret died in 1927)
Young Mens’ Class from the Wesleyan Church, Gargrave, on an outing
Tom is standing in the back row, 6th from the right
Tom in his Royal Field Artillery uniform
Photograph by W.R. Smith, 42, Yorkshire Street, Burnley
The family of John William and Mary Elizabeth Gill, née Weatherill
Standing - left to right: Harold Augustus, Tom Hartas, Margaret. Sitting - left to right: John William, Florence Amy, Charles Weatherill, Lily, Mary Elizabeth
Tom (seated) and his future brother-in-law, Jonny Roberts
Fulwood Barracks, Preston, Lancashire
Harness Cleaners of 'C' Sub [Rooms], 8th Battery R.F.A. - Tom is standing on the far left. (Photograph by P.D. Shackley, Bamber Bridge, Preston)
'C' Sub Rooms 1 and 2, 8th Battery R.F.A., Fulwood Barracks, Preston
Tom is standing third row from front, 3rd from the right
Tom is at the front, on the left, his future brother-in-law, Jonny Roberts, is standing on the left
Tom and his mother, Mary Elizabeth
The photograph was taken after the Great War at his Aunt Alice’s home at Carnforth, Lancashire
Death Certificate for Tom
(Copy 14 October 2015)
Gargrave (St Andrew) Churchyard
Gargrave (St Andrew) Churchyard (6 August 2019)
Brierfield War Memorial
© Susan Eldridge (WMR-10597)
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