Albert Gill Explained

Albert Gill
Birth Date:8 September 1879
Birth Place:Birmingham, Warwickshire, England
Death Place:Delville Wood, France
Placeofburial:Delville Wood Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery
Servicenumber:2815
Rank:Sergeant
Branch: British Army
Unit:King's Royal Rifle Corps
Battles:World War I
Awards: Victoria Cross

Sergeant Albert Gill (8 September 1879  - 27 July 1916)[1] was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

Gill was born in Birmingham, then in Warwickshire, and was employed as a postal worker with the GPO.[2]

Battle of Delville Wood

Gill was 36 years old, and a sergeant in the 1st Battalion, The King's Royal Rifle Corps, British Army during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC:

Gill is buried at Delville Wood Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery, Somme, France.[3]

The Medal

Gill's Victoria Cross is in the Lord Ashcroft VC Collection at the Imperial War Museum.[4]

Memorials

Gill is commemorated by a plaque attached to post box B66 52, a Victorian-era wall post box, outside City Hospital in Birmingham, England.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kings Royal Rifle Association . 11 March 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131008032445/http://krrcassociation.com/archives/sergeant_a_j_gill_vc.pdf . 8 October 2013 . dead.
  2. Memorial plaque; see image
  3. http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/549373 CWGC entry
  4. Web site: Lord Ashcroft VC Collection . 11 March 2013.