WW1 Kingsbury Episcopi
This publication contains some background information on each of the men who were killed in the First World War. Their names are recorded on the War Memorials within the Civil Parish of Kingsbury Episcopi and it is this name that appears at the top of each man’s pages of information. There is also information about the men’s families. Four years of research by the Kingsbury Time Travellers, the local area History Group, have unearthed a wealth of photographs, documents, maps and memories. Through the Kingsbury Time Travellers’ Facebook page, we have been able to link up with people and families connected to these men, and so uncover more material.
This publication contains some background information on each of the men who were killed in the First World War. Their names are recorded on the War Memorials within the Civil Parish of Kingsbury Episcopi and it is this name that appears at the top of each man’s pages of information. There is also information about the men’s families. Four years of research by the
Kingsbury Time Travellers, the local area History Group, have unearthed a wealth of photographs, documents, maps and memories. Through the Kingsbury Time Travellers’ Facebook page, we have been able to link up with people and families connected to these men, and so uncover more material.
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ELI GILLETT<br />
18<br />
Rank, service number<br />
and regiment<br />
Enlisted<br />
Home Address<br />
No.9 on Plaque<br />
Private 320851 12th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment<br />
Yeovil<br />
Probably Robin Cottage, K.E. His wife’s sister, Kitty Eves (nee<br />
Harvey) ran the post office from Robin Cottage.<br />
Date of death 17 August 1918<br />
Age at death<br />
38 years<br />
Circumstances of death<br />
Where buried<br />
The overall strategy for the Allies in August 1918 was to engage<br />
in a series of limited attacks in quick succession, aimed at liberating<br />
vital railway supply lines. The Germans had suffered heavy<br />
casualties during their ambitious spring offensive in 1918<br />
‘Kaiserschlact’, and its army was suffering from low morale and<br />
exhaustion. Nevertheless, whilst some its commanders believed<br />
the tide had turned in favour of the Allies, Ludendorff the German<br />
Commander-in-Chief refused to accept this. The 12th Battalion,<br />
Norfolk Regiment was engaged around Morebecque and<br />
Hazebrouck northern France, trying to capture German trenches<br />
and Eli was killed, with several from his battalion, by German<br />
stick bombs.<br />
Le Grand Hasard Military Cemetery, Morbecque, Northern<br />
France, Plot 2 Row E Grave 13.<br />
Date of birth & full<br />
name<br />
Occupation<br />
Parents<br />
1879. ELI GILLETT<br />
Sadler/harness maker<br />
Albert Gillett and Mary Jane Gillett (nee Talbot). Mary Jane died<br />
in 1890 having had six children. Albert married again in 1898 -<br />
to Mary Ann Mounter. Albert was a farm labourer.
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