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ALFRED GILL MM

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Rank
Private
Regiment
ROYAL DUBLIN FUSILIERS 2ND BATTALION
Military Number
28816
Address
GEORGE STREET, COTTINGHAM, HULL, HU16 5QP
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Alfred Gill, MM

Cottingham War Memorial

Born Hull 1898. Son of George Gledhill Gill (1860-1913) and Bertha Kelling (1862-1902), of George Street, Cottingham, Yorkshire (War Pension Address). Son of a Lithographer. One of six children. A Butcher's Errand Boy.

He enlisted in Hull. Formerly, Private, 789, East Yorkshire Regiment. Transferred to the 2nd Dublin Fusiliers. Died of wounds, on 07/10/1918, aged 21. Awarded the Military Medal (MM) for bravery.  His army effects were left to his stepmother, Eliza Ann. He is buried at the Somme, France. His grave inscription, reads, "Deeply Lamented" (Hull Daily Mail 28/10/1918)

THIRD SON OF GEORGE GLEDHILL GILL (1860-1913) & STEPMOTHER, ELIZA ANN GILL, OF 132, FOUNTAIN ROAD, HULL (1911 CENSUS); 12, VANCOUVER TERRACE, ALEXANDRA ROAD, HULL; AND GEORGE STREET, COTTINGHAM.

HIS BROTHER, GEORGE WILLIAM GILL, ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS & WAS KILLED ON 11/07/1917, AGED 23. THE BROTHERS ARE BOTH RECORDED ON THE COTTINGHAM WW1 MEMORIAL.

Date Died
07/10/1918
Died
DOINGT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, SOMME, FRANCE
Age
21
Memorial
59 Ruelle du Cimetière
Doingt 80200

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