Regiment: Canadian Expeditionary Force CEF, 2nd Railway Troops

BORN WAKEFIELD, 25/12/1896. KNOWN AS STANLEY SMITH GILL. ONLY SON OF HERBERT & CAROLINE GILL, OF MIDDLEBURG STREET, HULL. HIS AUNT MRS BLACK LIVED AT, WESTMINSTER AVENUE, EAST HULL. HIS FATHER WAS A POLICE SERGEANT IN THE WEST RIDING. HIS MOTHER WAS BORN IN HULL. EMPLOYED AS A FARMER, HE EMIGRATED TO CANADA. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 2.5 I […]

BORN HULL 1899. SON OF WILLIAM & EMMA MORRISON, OF 10 BRAEMAR TERRACE, WALCOTT STREET, HULL. HE WAS THE YOUNGEST OF FOUR BROTHERS, AND HAD ONE SISTER. HIS FAMILY WAS WELL KNOWN IN FISHING CIRCLES ON ST ANDREWS DOCK. HE EMIGRATED TO CANADA AND ENLISTED IN CANADA AT THE AGE OF 17. HE SERVED WITH THE CANADIAN RAILWAY CORPS. HE DIED ON […]