BORN HULL 1889. SON OF WILLIAM & MARY SMITH. ENLISTED HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 25642 EYR. HE TRANSFERRED TO THE 1/5TH KING’S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 26/03/1918, 29. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIFE PHOEBE SMITH, AND SONS, SYDNEY AND SAMUEL, AT 1 STATION AVENUE, CANNING STREET, HULL AND EASINGTON. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS MEMORIAL.
First name:
GILROY
Military Number:
35995
Rank:
Private
Date Died
26/03/1918
Place died:
Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
29
