BORN BEVERLEY 1885. SON OF BENJAMIN GILLYON & ANN GRASBY, OF BEVERLEY. ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. A BRICKLAYER BY TRADE. MARRIED IN BEVERLEY 1907. WIFE JANE (SHAW) GILLYON LIVED AT 64 LAIRGATE, BEVERLEY AND 5 WILLIAM SQUARE, MASON STREET, HULL.
HE ENLISTED AT HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED ON THE SOMME, 14/07/1916, AGED 31. HE LEFT A WIDOW AND SON. HIS NAMES 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.
First name:
BENJAMIN
Regiment:
Military Number:
16956
Rank:
Private
Date Died
14/07/1916
Place died:
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
Age:
31
