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 INCHES TALL, 122 LBS, 33 INCH CHEST, GREY EYES, BROWN HAIR, FAIR COMPLEXION AND OF ‘GOOD’ PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT.
HE ENLISTED AT UXBRIDGE, ONTARIO, CANADA, ON 08/11/1915. JOINED THE 116TH CANADIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE (CEF). ARRIVED IN LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND, ON 31/07/1916. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, 10/10/1916. TRANSFERRED TO THE 2ND CEF. KILLED IN ACTION ON 09/04/1917, AGED 21. UNMARRIED. HE LEFT EVERYTHING IN HIS WILL TO HIS MOTHER, CAROLINE, 32 BOND STREET, WAKEFIELD. HE LEFT A YOUNGER SISTER, DORIS.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON ON 08/04/1918.
