{"id":4149,"date":"2023-07-22T07:37:14","date_gmt":"2023-07-22T06:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/firstworldwarsoldiers\/?p=4149"},"modified":"2023-07-22T07:38:45","modified_gmt":"2023-07-22T06:38:45","slug":"gilson-g-2nd-lt-5th-london-regiment-attd-2-4th-london-regiment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/firstworldwarsoldiers\/index.php\/2023\/07\/22\/gilson-g-2nd-lt-5th-london-regiment-attd-2-4th-london-regiment\/","title":{"rendered":"Gilson G 2nd Lt 5th London Regiment Attd 2\/4th London Regiment"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_4150\" style=\"width: 561px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/firstworldwarsoldiers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Gilson-G-2nd-Lt-5th-London-Regiment.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4150\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4150\" src=\"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/firstworldwarsoldiers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Gilson-G-2nd-Lt-5th-London-Regiment-551x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"551\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/firstworldwarsoldiers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Gilson-G-2nd-Lt-5th-London-Regiment-551x1024.jpg 551w, https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/firstworldwarsoldiers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Gilson-G-2nd-Lt-5th-London-Regiment-162x300.jpg 162w, https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/firstworldwarsoldiers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Gilson-G-2nd-Lt-5th-London-Regiment-768x1426.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/firstworldwarsoldiers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Gilson-G-2nd-Lt-5th-London-Regiment-827x1536.jpg 827w, https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/firstworldwarsoldiers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Gilson-G-2nd-Lt-5th-London-Regiment.jpg 1044w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 551px) 100vw, 551px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4150\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gilson G 2nd Lt 5th London Regiment Attd 2\/4th London Regiment<\/p><\/div>\n<p>SECOND LIEUTENANT GEORGE GILSON, 2\/4th London Regiment, son of Joseph Gilson of Southend-on-Sea, as born in 1880 and educated at Christ&#8217;s Hospital, where he was a keen Rugby footballer. He was connected for twenty years with the Stock Exchange and became a member in 1904, being a partner in the firm of Isaacs and Bray. An amateur actor, he was for many years associated with the Southend Operatic and Dramatic Society.<\/p>\n<p>He was twice medically rejected before being passed fit for general service in December 1916. He enlisted in the 3rd Bedfordshire Regiment and trained with them at Felixstowe. Having been made a N.C.O., he was recommended for a commission and sent to the O.T.C. at Oxford. He was gazetted to the London Rifle Brigade in January 1918 and left for France on 2 August, being transferred to the 2\/4th London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers).<\/p>\n<p>A month later he was killed at the head of his men, on his first day in action, near Beaucheresnes on the Bapaume-Peronne road.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Everyone,&#8221; wrote his Colonel to his widow, &#8220;speaks most highly of the gallant way in which he behaved during the attack. His platoon fought splendidly and gained their objective in a brilliant fashion.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source : The Stock Exchange War Memorial 1914-1918<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SECOND LIEUTENANT GEORGE GILSON, 2\/4th London Regiment, son of Joseph Gilson of Southend-on-Sea, as born in 1880 and educated at Christ&#8217;s Hospital, where he was a keen Rugby footballer. He was connected for twenty years with the Stock Exchange and became a member in 1904, being a partner in the firm of Isaacs and Bray. 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