Name
Arthur John Gillett
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
11/04/1917
34
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
26224
King’s Shropshire Light Infantry
5th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY
XXII. G. 25A
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Royston Town War Memorial, Queen's Road Methodist Church Memorial, Royston, Not on the Ashwell memorials
Pre War
Son of Samuel and Eliza Gillett, of 8, Factory Cottages, Royston, Herts.
Wartime Service
Formerly 5790 Notts & Derbys Regiment
Additional Information
Arthur is also commemorated on his family’s grave in Royston Church Additional Burial Ground. His part of the inscription reads:
ALSO OF PTE. ARTHUR JOHN GILLETT. SON OF THE ABOVE [Samuel & Eliza Gillett]
KING’S SHROPSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY WHO DIED OF WOUNDS IN FRANCE APRIL 11TH 1917. AGE 34 YEARS.
DIED AT ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY.
PEACE PERFECT PEACE
Acknowledgments
Adrian Pitts, Paul Johnson
