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Private George Gill

 

 

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Private George Gill, V Corps Cyclist (North Irish Horse) Regiment. Service Nos 1692 (NIH), 71502 (Corps of Hussars). Born Windsor. Enlisted Antrim. Residence Belfast. Son of John and Sarah Jane Gill of 106 Belmont Road, Strandtown, Belfast. Killed in action on 26 August 1918, aged 24. Buried at Flatiron Copse Cemetery, Mametz, Somme, France, grave IX.H.7. His gravestone inscription reads:

H/71502 PRIVATE

G. GILL

NORTH IRISH HORSE

26TH AUGUST 1918 AGE 24

GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN

 

Image kindly provided by Richard Evans. See his website Nelson, Glamorgan and the Great War http://www.nelson-ww1-memorial.org.uk. Newspaper image from the Belfast Evening Telegraph kindly provided by Nigel Henderson (see Fitzroy Presbyterian Church: Wartime Service and Sacrifice).