BORN BEVERLEY 1884.SON OF GODFREY GILLYON (1834-1907) & ANN GRAY (1845-1903), 0F 56 BECKSIDE, BEVERLEY (CWGC ADDRESS). HE MARRIED IN 1907. HE SERVED WITH THE 5TH YORKSHIRE REGIMENT AND DIED OF PNEUMONIA, AS PRISONER OF WAR IN POLAND, ON 14/11/1918. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW ALICE, AND TWO CHILDREN.
HE IS BURIED AT LIDZBARK WARMINSKI WAR CEMETERY, POLAND. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “REMEMBERED AT HOME”.
HIS BROTHER, JAMES WALTER GILLYON, DIED AT SEA, AGED 47, ON THE STEAM SHIP “BURMA” (GOOLE), SUNK BY MINE, ON 23/06/1916 . HIS OTHER BROTHER, HERBERT GILLYON, DIED IN HULL, IN MAY 1916, AGED 34.
First name:
JOHN GRAY
Military Number:
241367
Rank:
Private
Date Died
14/11/1918
Place died:
LIDZBARK WARMINSKI WAR CEMETERY, POLAND
Age:
34
56 BECKSIDE, BEVERLEY, EAST RIDING, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
