Charles Frederick Gell

Charles Frederick Gell, Private, 87504, Kings (Liverpoll) Regiment, 13th Battalion. Killed in action September 1, 1918.

He was born in Stillington and may be the son of Richard and Eliza Gell. If so he was 7 in the 1891 census, and a bricklayer, age 17, at Wolviston in the 1901 census.

He married Annie Elizabeth Roberts in 1902. They lived at County Row, Aycliffe.

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Joyce Malcolm has found Charles in the 1911 census living in the High Street, Aycliffe in 2 rooms:

Charles Frederick Gell, age 27, Bricklayer at Exors P.C. Scott, Builders and Contractors, Aycliffe, born Stillington, Co. Durham

Annie Elizabeth Gell, age 26, married 9 years, 3 children, born Stockton on Tees, Durham

Eva Gell, age 8, at school, born Stockton on Tees, Durham

Lily Gell, age 6, at school, born Aycliffe Parish, Durham

Charles Frederick Gell, under 1 month, born Aycliffe Parish, Durham.

Source: The Commonwealth War Graves Commission

.ECOUST-ST. MEIN BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France

GELL , Private, C F, 87504, 13th Bn., The King's (Liverpool Regiment). 1 September 1918. Husband of Annie Elizabeth Gell, of County Row, Aycliffe, Darlington. Grave Ref. A. 37.