| 词条 | Albert Gill |
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|name=Albert Gill | honorific_suffix = |birth_date=8 September 1879 |death_date={{Death date and age|df=yes|1916|07|27|1879|09|08}} |birth_place= Birmingham, Warwickshire, England |death_place= Delville Wood, France |placeofburial=Delville Wood Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery |image= Photograph of Albert Gill VC.jpg |caption= |servicenumber=2815 |allegiance={{UK}} |serviceyears= |rank=Sergeant |branch= British Army |commands= |unit=King's Royal Rifle Corps |battles= World War I{{KIA}} |awards= Victoria Cross |laterwork= }} Sergeant Albert Gill {{post-nominals|VC}} (8 September 1879 – 27 July 1916)[1] was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Gill was born in Birmingham, then in Warwickshire, and was employed as a postal worker with the GPO.[2] He was 36 years old, and a serjeant in the 1st Battalion, The King's Royal Rifle Corps, British Army during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC. On 27 July 1916 at Battle of Delville Wood in France, the enemy made a very strong counterattack on the right flank of the battalion and rushed the bombing post after killing all the company bombers. Sergeant Gill rallied the remnants of his platoon, none of whom were skilled bombers, and reorganised his defences. Soon afterwards the enemy nearly surrounded his men and started sniping at about 20 yards range. Although it was almost certain death, Sergeant Gill stood boldly up in order to direct the fire of his men. He was killed almost at once, but his gallant action held up the enemy advance.[3] Gill is buried at Delville Wood Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery, Somme, France.[4] The MedalGill's Victoria Cross is in the Lord Ashcroft VC Collection at the Imperial War Museum[5] MemorialsGill is commemorated by a plaque attached to post box B66 52, a Victorian-era wall post box, outside City Hospital in Birmingham, England. References1. ^{{cite web | url=http://krrcassociation.com/archives/sergeant_a_j_gill_vc.pdf | title=Kings Royal Rifle Association | accessdate=March 11, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131008032445/http://krrcassociation.com/archives/sergeant_a_j_gill_vc.pdf | archive-date=8 October 2013 | dead-url=yes | df=dmy-all }} 2. ^Memorial plaque; see image 3. ^{{London Gazette|issue= 29802|date=26 October 1916|page=10395 |supp=y}} 4. ^CWGC entry 5. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.victoriacross.org.uk/vvashcr3.htm | title=Lord Ashcroft VC Collection | accessdate=March 11, 2013}}
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