We remember William Owen Gell

We remember William Owen Gell

Timeline

Timeline

1897
birth Leicester, Leicestershire United Kingdom Source:8932051 1897
1901
location Frank Street, Leicester, Leicestershire United Kingdom parents address Source:8932061 April 1901
1911
employment Telegraph Messenger General Post Office Leicester, Leicestershire United Kingdom Source:8932051 April 1911
1911
location 157 Duncan Road, Leicester, Leicstershire United Kingdom parents address Source:8932051 April 1911
1915
enlistment London United Kingdom Source:8802317 1915
1915
service British Army Rifleman 3747 London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles) Source:8802319 1915
1917
service British Army Corporal 371519 London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles) Source:8802319 1st January 1917
service British Army Corporal 3747 London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles) Source:8802319
theatres France & Belgium: 1a Source:8802317
location Peterborough, Northamptonshire United Kingdom Source:8802317
1916
death Killed in Action Somme France Source:8802319 Source:8802317 7th October 1916
burial Thiepval Memorial CWGC Cemetery/Memorial Somme France Pier and Face 9 C and 9 D Source:8802319

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names William Owen
Initials WO
Last Name Gell
Source 1322009
Gender
GenderSource
Male
Locations
AddressCountryTypeDateSource
157 Duncan Road, Leicester, Leicstershire United Kingdom parents address known April 1911
Frank Street, Leicester, Leicestershire United Kingdom parents address known April 1901
Peterborough, Northamptonshire United Kingdom
Contribution

Military Service

Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
British Army 3747 London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles) Rifleman
British Army 371519 London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles) Corporal
British Army 3747 London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles) Corporal
Family
Parents
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Fanny Gell mother
Joseph Gell father

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Official Records

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Medal Index Card
Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919 Transcription Valerie34433
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records Transcription Valerie34433
1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription Valerie34433
1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription Valerie34433

External Evidence

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Peterborough and District Post Office Staff War Memorial Valerie34433

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