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About Albert Gill, VC
Sergeant Albert Gill VC
- Born 8 September 1879
- Died 27 July 1916 - Killed in action WW1, Delville Wood, France
Albert Gill was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross.
Sergeant in the 1st Battalion, The King's Royal Rifle Corps, British
On 27 July 1916 at Battle of Delville Wood in France, the enemy made a very strong counterattack on the right flank of the battalion and rushed the bombing post after killing all the company bombers. Sergeant Gill rallied the remnants of his platoon, none of whom were skilled bombers, and reorganised his defences. Soon afterwards the enemy nearly surrounded his men and started sniping at about 20 yards range. Although it was almost certain death, Sergeant Gill stood boldly up in order to direct the fire of his men. He was killed almost at once, but his gallant action held up the enemy advance. [The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 29802. p. 10395. 26 October 1916. Retrieved 10 April 2015.]
He is buried at Delville Wood Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery, Somme, France.
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GILL, ALBERT
Rank: Serjeant
Service No: 2815
Date of Death: 27/07/1916
Age: 36
Regiment/Service: King's Royal Rifle Corps 1st Bn.
Awards: V C
Grave Reference: IV. C. 3.
Cemetery: DELVILLE WOOD CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL
Additional Information: Son of Harry and Sophia Gill, of Birmingham, England; husband of Rosetta Gill (nee Smith).
Citation
An extract from "The London Gazette" dated 24th Oct., 1916, records the following :-"For most conspicuous bravery. The enemy made a very strong counter-attack on the right flank of the battalion, and rushed the bombing post after killing all the company bombers. Serjeant Gill at once rallied the remnants of his platoon, none of whom were skilled bombers, and reorganised his defences, a most difficult and dangerous task, the trench being very shallow and much damaged. Soon afterwards the enemy nearly surrounded his men by creeping up through the thick undergrowth, and commenced sniping at about twenty yards' range. Although it was almost certain death, Serjeant Gill stood boldly up in order to direct the fire of his men. He was killed almost at once, but not before he had shown his men where the enemy were, and thus enabled them to hold up their advance. By his supreme devotion to duty and self-sacrifice he saved a very dangerous situation."
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Albert Gill, VC's Timeline
| 1879 |
September 8, 1879
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Birmingham, Warwickshire, England UK
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| 1916 |
July 27, 1916
Age 36
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Delville Wood, France
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