Henry Gorrill (1895-1917)
Son of a Yorkshire publican served with 1st/8th DLI is commemorated on the Arras Memorial
Henry Gorrill, the son of Samuel and Hannah Gorrill, was born in Warmsworth, Yorkshire in 1895 and had a sister. In 1911 he was working in Maltby Main Colliery and on 11 December 1915 enlisted at Pontefract in the 21st King’s Royal Rifles. He was mobilised on 14 March 1916 and arrived in France on 5 November. The following day he was transferred into the 1st/8th Durham Light Infantry. He was wounded on 25 April 1917 at the 2nd Battle of the Scarfe and died of his wounds the following day.
Birth date: 1895
Death date: 26-Apr-2017
Armed force/civilian: Army
Residence: ‘Kings Arms’, Crosland, Yorkshire (1901 Census)
‘Three Tuns Inn’, Stainton, Yorkshire (1911 Census)
‘Juno’ Hotel, Stainton, Yorkshire (British Army WWI Service Records, 1914-1920)
Employment: Fitter – Maltby Main colliery (1911 census)
Hotel business (British Army WWI Service Records, 1914-1920)
Family: Father: Samuel Gorrill
Mother: Hannah Gorrill (nee Kendall)
Sister: Lucy Mary Gorrill
Military service:
Enlisted at Pontefract in 21st King's Royal Rifles
Regimental number R/20254
Transferred to 1st/8th Durham Light Infantry
Regimental numbers: 6156/301887
Private
Medal(s): British War Medal
Victory Medal
Memorial(s): Arras Memorial, Bay 8
Battalion History of the 1st/8th DLI by Major E Hardinge Veitch, M.C., T.D.
DLI Book of Remembrance, Durham Cathedral
Gender: Male
Contributed by John Edwards
