In Memory Of

GELL, EVAN THOMAS HENRY

Service Details
Age:
 31
Date of Birth:
 1884-01-19
Service No:
 8984
Rank:
 Private
Unit:
 1st Bn.
Regiment:
 Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
Date of Death:
 1915-06-04
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, in a major offensive at Gallipoli, which aimed to capture the village of Krithia and the heights of Achi Baba. (3rd Battle of Krithia.) The offensive ultimately failed with heavy losses on both sides.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Panel 98 to 102.
Cemetery:
 HELLES MEMORIAL
Country:
 Turkey
Additional Information
Son of Evan and Anna Kaye Gell of St. George?s Street, Durban. Born Pietermaritzburg. Baptised in the Wesleyan / Methodist Church, Russell St., Durban 28/9/1890. Enlisted in London. Commemorated on St. Marys Anglican Church, Greyville & the Durban Cenotaph WWI Memorials