R/20456, Rifleman, George Frederick GILLINGHAM
Aged 25
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Born in Newmarket in Q4-1890 [Newmarket 3b:531] to George William and Harriet GILLINGHAM (née STIMPSON)of 9 Sidehill Terrace,
Cheveley Road, Newmarket.
1891 census...George [4 months]] was at 9 Sidehill Terrace, Cheveley Road, Newmarket with his father George William, [27] railway guard born Combs, Suffolk , and his mother Harriet [21] born Ely. 1901 census...George [10] was still in Cheveley Road with his parents and now a brother James Arthur [9] born in Newmarket. 1911 census...George [20] was now a shop assistant at Boots the Chemists and the family had moved to 4 Milton Cottages,Park Lane, Newmarket. By the time of George's death, his parents had, no doubt due to his father's railway duties, moved to Railway Cottages, Stoke Ferry Station, Norfolk. George seems to have moved on after 1911 as he is recorded as enlisting in Exeter |
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Unless George had been attached to another battalion, his was the only death in his unit that day. His battalion were between spells of front line duty at Henencourt Wood [279 July and Becourt Wood [13 August]. The 13th Battalion suffered several deaths. The cemetery is in an area captured in July during the Battle of the Somme and held until spring 1918 by the British. |
© Roy Beardsworth
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