BORN HULL 18/04/1875. SECOND OF FOUR SONS TO EDMUND GILLARD AND FANNY ASHFORD FOOTE. HE MARRIED AT HOLY TRINITY CHURCH, HULL, ON 03/03/1900. HUSBAND OF ALBERTA SABINA COOKE (1870-1918), OF 67 BRIGHTON STREET, HULL. THEY HAD SEVEN CHILDREN. HIS DAUGHTER ALBERTA SABRINA DOY, LIVED AT 70 BRIGHTON STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). DROWNED IN THE NORTH SEA, ON 04/02/1916,AGED 39. BURIED HULL WESTERN CEMETERY. HIS WIDOW DIED ON 18/04/1918 AND THREE OF HIS DAUGHTERS, IVY, FLORRIE AND IRENE, WERE LEFT TO THE NEWLAND HOMES ORPHANAGE.
NB: HIS BROTHER RICHARD GILLARD, FISHERMAN, LIVED 12 HENRY’S TERRACE, WASSAND STREET, HULL.
On February 4th, 1916, the British steamer HMT KING EMPEROR, built in 1914 and operated by British Royal Navy, was lost after a collision. 8 people lost their lives.
1. COOK, THOMAS ARTHUR , Skipper, HMT King Emperor, Royal Naval Reserve, †04/02/1916, Chatham Naval Memorial
2. DICKINSON, GEORGE , Engineman (no. 2550ES), Royal Naval Reserve, †04/02/1916, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial
3. GILLARD, JAMES , Second Hand (no. 1610/SA), HMT King Emperor, Royal Naval Reserve, †04/02/1916, Father of A. S. Doy, of 70, Brighton St., Hessle Rd., Hull, Memorial: Hull Western Cemetery
4. GREEN, ARTHUR FREDERICK (44), Engineman (no. 2811ES), HMT King Emperor, Royal Naval Reserve, Son of James Arthur and Francis Green, of Hull; husband of Alice Green, of 9, Alexander Terrace. Bean St., Hull, Chatham Naval Memorial
5. NEWBIGGING (19), Signaller (no. Clyde Z/3722), HMT King Emperor, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, †04/02/1916, Son of William Newbigging, of 21, Drive Rd., Linthouse, Govan, Glasgow, Memorial: Glasgow (Craigton) Cemetery
6. STAHL , Lieut-Commander, HMT King Emperor, Royal Navy, †04/02/1916, Memorial: Farnham Civil Cemetery
7. TAYLOR, FREDERICK JAMES (23), Trimmer (no. 3034TS), HMT King Emperor, Royal Naval Reserve, †04/02/1916, Son of William Henry and Jessie Taylor, of Hull; husband of Minnie Taylor, of 111, Havelock St., Hessle Rd., Hull, Chatham Naval Memorial
8. WARD, GEORGE ERNEST (32), Deck Hand (no. 5869/DA), Son of George and Melinda Ann Ward, of Hull; husband of Martha Ann Ward, of 169, Somerset St., Hessle Rd., Hull. Alternative Commemoration – buried in Hull (Holy Trinity, Hessle Road) Cemetery, Memorial: Hull Northern Cemetery
