Every Name a Story

E.L. Gays 1917
Rank : Private

Jesmond

Ernest Leonard  Gays

Every Name a Story

On Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium is the name of 20971 Private Ernest Leonard Gays, serving with the “X” Corps Cyclist Battalion, Army Cyclist Corps who died 18/08/1917.

He was the son of Mr. S. E. and Mrs. E. Gays, of 44, Milligan Road, Leicester

Soldiers Died in the Great War states that he originally served in the Northern Cyclist Battalion with the service number 2747.

Two men – J. Smith and E. Gays – are both mentioned in Richard Holmes book ‘Tommy‘ page 299.They were originally mentioned on page 167 in ‘They called it Passchendaele‘ by Lyn Macdonald 1978 ISBN13978014016509.

Ernest Leonard Gays is remembered in Jesmond on J1.35.

First Name: Ernest Leonard

Last Name: Gays

Service Number: 20971

Which War: First World War 1914-18

Died: 18/08/1917

Age: 19

Rank: Private

Regiment: Army Cyclist Corps

Served in: Army

Unit/Ship: "X" Corps Cyclist Battalion

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