BORN BEVERLEY 1885. SON OF BENJAMIN GILLYON & ANN GRASBY, OF BEVERLEY. ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. A BRICKLAYER BY TRADE. MARRIED IN BEVERLEY 1907.
HIS WIFE JANE (SHAW) GILLYON LIVED AT 64 LAIRGATE, BEVERLEY; 5 WILLIAM SQUARE, MASON STREET, HULL & 10, GROTTO SQUARE, MASON STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
HE ENLISTED AT HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED ON THE SOMME, 14/07/1916, AGED 31. COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, FRANCE.
HE LEFT A WIDOW, JANE AND THREE CHILDREN, BENJAMIN, ALBERT AND ISABELLA, AT 10, GROTTO SQUARE, MASON STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). AWARDED A WEEKLY WAR PENSION ON 18/6 ON 26/2/1917.
HIS NAME IS ALSO RECORDED AS KILLED ON THE SYKES STREET ROLL OF HONOUR, HULL (Hull Daily Mail 09 October 1916)
TWO OF HIS BROTHERS, GEORGE WILLIAM AND HARRY PARK GILLYON, BOTH DIED IN BEVERLEY IN 1917.
