Life story: Kenneth Carlyle Gill | Lives of the First World War

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1881

sibling Enid R Gill Source:8495586 1881

1885

sibling Leslie M Gill Source:8495586 1885

1886

sibling Stephen R M Gill Source:8495586 1886

1889

sibling Madeline B Gill Source:8495586 1889

1891

sibling Gladys M Gill Source:8495586 1891

1893

sibling Evan R Gill Source:8495586 1893

1893

sibling Verion K Gill Source:8495586 1893

1893

birth Brighton, Sussex United Kingdom Source:8495548 Source:8495586 9th August 1893

1895

sibling Margaret E Gill Source:8495586 1895

1898

sibling Cecil E G Gill Source:8495586 1898

1901

dates Age 7 Source:8495586 31st March 1901

1901

location Strathmore, High Street, Bognor, Sussex United Kingdom parents address Source:8495586 31st March 1901

1911

dates Age 17 Source:8495784 2nd April 1911

1911

education St Johns Foundation School Leatherhead, Surrey United Kingdom Source:8495784 2nd April 1911

1911

location St John’s Foundation School for the Sons of Poor Clergy of the Church of England, Epsom Road, Leatherhead, Surrey United Kingdom school/college address Source:8495784 2nd April 1911

1912

education Undergraduate St Catherine's College, Cambridge University Cambridge United Kingdom Source:8495548 1912 - 1914

1915

awards Military Cross (MC) British Award/Decoration Source:8495548 1st June 1915

1915

awards Mentioned in Despatches (MiD) British Award/Decoration Source:8495548 15th September 1915

1916

awards Mentioned in Despatches (MiD) British Award/Decoration Source:8495548 1st January 1916

1918

service Air Force (RAF/RFC) Flying Officer 14841 RFC 13th Training Depot Station Source:8495548 28th March 1918 - 2nd May 1918

1918

location West Wittering Vicarage, Chichester, Sussex United Kingdom Source:8495548 28th March 1918

1918

service Air Force (RAF/RFC) RAF 131 Squadron Source:8495548 2nd May 1918 - 23rd June 1918

1918

service Air Force (RAF/RFC) RAF 9th Training Depot Station Source:8495548 23rd June 1918 - 6th September 1918

1918

service Air Force (RAF/RFC) RAF No 2 Flying School Source:8495548 6th September 1918 - 14th September 1918

1918

service Air Force (RAF/RFC) RAF B.E.F. Source:8495548 14th September 1918 - 3rd October 1918

1918

service Air Force (RAF/RFC) RAF Finishing School Source:8495548 3rd October 1918 - 22nd October 1918

1918

dates Age 28 Source:7090222 23rd October 1918

marriage Louie Gwendolen Source:6195063

service British Army Second Lieutenant Cambridgeshire Regiment Source:1762701

service British Army Captain Cambridgeshire Regiment 1st Battalion Source:7090222

service Air Force (RAF/RFC) Captain Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force Source:1762701

service Air Force (RAF/RFC) Captain Royal Air Force Attached 22nd Squadron Source:7090222

1918

death Died of wounds Injured 22.10.18. France Source:7090222 Source:8495548 Source:6195063 23rd October 1918

burial Fillievres British Cemetery CWGC Cemetery/Memorial Pas de Calais France A. 32. Source:7090222

Details

Names

Type	Name
First Names	Kenneth Carlyle
Initials	KC
Last Name	Gill
Source	1762701

Gender

Gender	Source
Male

Locations

Address	Country	Type	Date
St John’s Foundation School for the Sons of Poor Clergy of the Church of England, Epsom Road, Leatherhead, Surrey	United Kingdom	school/college address	known 2nd April 1911
Strathmore, High Street, Bognor, Sussex	United Kingdom	parents address	known 31st March 1901
West Wittering Vicarage, Chichester, Sussex	United Kingdom		known 28th March 1918

Contribution

Military Service

Service	Number	Unit	Section	Rank
British Army		Cambridgeshire Regiment		Second Lieutenant
British Army		Cambridgeshire Regiment	1st Battalion	Captain
Air Force (RAF/RFC)		Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force		Captain
Air Force (RAF/RFC)		RAF	131 Squadron
Air Force (RAF/RFC)		RAF	9th Training Depot Station
Air Force (RAF/RFC)		RAF	No 2 Flying School
Air Force (RAF/RFC)		RAF	B.E.F.
Air Force (RAF/RFC)		RAF	Finishing School
Air Force (RAF/RFC)	14841	RFC	13th Training Depot Station	Flying Officer
Air Force (RAF/RFC)		Royal Air Force	Attached 22nd Squadron	Captain

Awards

Award	Type	Source
1914/15 Star	First World War Campaign/Service Medal
British War Medal	First World War Campaign/Service Medal
Mentioned in Despatches (MiD)	British Award/Decoration
Mentioned in Despatches (MiD)	British Award/Decoration
Military Cross (MC)	British Award/Decoration
Victory Medal	First World War Campaign/Service Medal

Family

Parents

Name	Relationship	Dates	Source
Cicely R	mother
Rev. Arthur T Gill	father

Siblings

Name	Relationship	Dates
Enid R Gill	sister	1881
Leslie M Gill	brother	1885
Stephen R M Gill	brother	1886
Madeline B Gill	sister	1889
Gladys M Gill	sister	1891
Evan R Gill	brother	1893
Verion K Gill	brother	1893
Margaret E Gill	sister	1895
Cecil E G Gill	brother	1898

Spouse

Name	Relationship	Dates	Source
Louie Gwendolen	wife

Media

Memorial window

Kenneth Carlyle Gill memorial window in St Peter and St Paul's Church, West Wittering. (Photograph copyright Yvonne Fenter, July 2014. May be used in published documents and on the internet, but please attribute the photographer and give a mention to https://livesofthefirstworldwar.org/community/748 (the Men of the Manhood community page). Thank you.)

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Memorial window - detail view 1

Text at bottom of left-hand panel of the Kenneth Carlyle Gill memorial window in St Peter and St Paul's Church, West Wittering. (Photograph copyright Yvonne Fenter, July 2014. May be used in published documents and on the internet, but please attribute the photographer and give a mention to https://livesofthefirstworldwar.org/community/748 (the Men of the Manhood community page). Thank you.)

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Memorial window - detail view 2

Text at bottom of right-hand panel of the Kenneth Carlyle Gill memorial window in St Peter and St Paul's Church, West Wittering. (Photograph copyright Yvonne Fenter, July 2014. May be used in published documents and on the internet, but please attribute the photographer and give a mention to https://livesofthefirstworldwar.org/community/748 (the Men of the Manhood community page). Thank you.)

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West Wittering Memorial

The war memorial plaque in St Peter and St Paul's Church, West Wittering. (Photograph copyright Yvonne Fenter, July 2014. May be used in published documents and on the internet, but please attribute the photographer and give a mention to https://livesofthefirstworldwar.org/community/748 (the Men of the Manhood community page). Thank you.)

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Captain Kenneth Carlyle Gill MC

Air Force (RAF/RFC), Royal Air Force

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Official Records

Title	Connected by	More information
Medal Index Card
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records	Imperial1
Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919 Transcription	Yvonne27542
British Royal Air Force, Officers' Service Records 1912-1920 Transcription	Yvonne27542
1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription	Yvonne27542
1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription	Yvonne27542
Medal Index Cards Transcription	Yvonne27542

External Evidence

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Second Medal Index Card - Image on Ancestry.co.uk	Yvonne27542
Memorial window - IWM information	Yvonne27542
West Wittering Memorial - IWM information	Yvonne27542
Flight magazine – 14th November 1918	Yvonne27542

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Memorial window	Yvonne27542
Memorial window - detail view 1	Yvonne27542
Memorial window - detail view 2	Yvonne27542
West Wittering Memorial	Yvonne27542
Captain Kenneth Carlyle Gill MC	luc39051

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