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Sergeant Albert Gill (8 September 1879 – 27 July 1916) was an
Gill is buried at CWGC entry
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Gill is commemorated by a plaque attached to post box B66 52, a Victorian-era wall
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recipient of the Victoria Cross
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forces.
Gill was born in Birmingham
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, then in Warwickshire
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, and was employed as a postal worker with the GPO GPO may refer to:
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Battle of Delville Wood
Gill was 36 years old, and asergeant
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in the 1st Battalion, The King's Royal Rifle Corps
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, British Army
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during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC:
Gill is buried at Delville Wood Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery
Delville Wood Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery located near Longueval, France and the third largest in the Somme battlefield area.
Overview
Sited opposite the Delville Wood South African Memorial and designed by Sir ...
, Somme, France./ref>
The Medal
Gill's Victoria Cross is in the Lord Ashcroft VC Collection at theImperial War Museum
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Memorials
Gill is commemorated by a plaque attached to post box B66 52, a Victorian-era wall post box
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, outside City Hospital in Birmingham, England.
References
Further reading
*Monuments to Courage
David Charles Harvey (29 July 1946 – 4 March 2004) was a historian and author. He is notable for his seminal work, ''Monuments To Courage'', which documents the graves of almost all recipients of the Victoria Cross, a task that took him over 36 ...
(David Harvey, 1999)
*The Register of the Victoria Cross
''The Register of the Victoria Cross'' is a reference work that provides brief information on every Victoria Cross awarded until the publication date. Each entry provides a summary of the deed, along with a photograph of the recipient and the fol ...
(This England, 1997)
*VCs of the First World War - The Somme
''VCs of the First World War'' is a series of books that list the Victoria Cross recipients of the First World War. The series consists of 13 books written by four different authors, first published under the label Sutton Publishing Limited, part ...
(Gerald Gliddon, 1994)
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gill, Albert 1879 births 1916 deaths King's Royal Rifle Corps soldiers British Battle of the Somme recipients of the Victoria Cross British military personnel killed in the Battle of the Somme British Army personnel of World War I Military personnel from Birmingham, West Midlands British Army recipients of the Victoria Cross Burials at Delville Wood Cemetery People from Ladywood