Basic Details
Surname
Gill
Forenames
William Harold
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
War
First World War (1914-1918)
Served or died
Died
Service number
631
Notes
Private
WILLIAM HAROLD GILL
Service Number: 631
Regiment & Unit/Ship
Gordon Highlanders
2nd Bn.
Date of Death
Died 06 November 1914
Age 24 years old
Buried or commemorated at
BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY
III. B. 33.
France
Country of Service
United Kingdom
Additional Info
Son of Caleb and Sarah Gill, of 33, Ranelagh Rd., Weymouth, Dorset.
Personal Inscription
JESU LOVER OF MY SOUL LET ME TO THY BOSOM FLY
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Gordon Highlanders
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
2nd Battalion
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
British Army
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
The Gordon Highlanders
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Private
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Country of burial
France
Town of burial
Boulogne
Cemetery
Bolulogne Eastern Cemetery
Year of death
1914
Month of death
November
Day of death
6
Age at death
24