Private 60300 Edward Gill
Regiment/Unit: Royal Welsh Fusiliers - 1st Bn.
Theatre of War: Home
Age at death: 23
Date of death: 20th of February 1919
Born: Sutton, St Helens, Lancs
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Sutton St Anne Roman Catholic Churchyard - C. 11.
Family details:
Son of Edward and Ellen Gill, of 22, Powell St., Sutton, St. Helens.
Census details:
1901 - 5 years old Edward is living at 20 Fisher Street, Sutton, St Helens with parents Edward (40), Ellen (34) and four siblings: James (11), Mary (8), Joseph (7), Elizabeth (11 Mths). Boarding at the address are widower Michael Linskey (39) and his two daughters Florence Linskey (19), Bridget Linskey (17). 1911 - 22 Powell Street, Sutton, was the home of Edward Gill and his wife of 25 years, Ellen. Edward was the youngest of their three sons, aged 15 and working as a Wagon Sheet Repairman AVL 1918: 22, Powell St., Sutton, St. Helens.
[pic]imgs/S1PWHYAOTV/E_Gill.jpg[/pic][caption]The headstone of Private Edward Gill at Sutton St Annes Churchyard.
(Photo courtesy of Jeff Keenan)[/caption]
