Commemorated: | |||
| 1. Memorial: | Porto Empedocle Communal Cemetery | 2nd.Section. | |
| 2. Book: | The (1921) Masonic Roll of Honour 1914-1918 | Pg.123 | |
| 3. Memorial: | The (1940) Scroll - WW1 Roll of Honour | 44B GQS | |
Awards & Titles: | |||
Family :
Son of Harry and Sarah Gillam, of Emsworth, Hants; husband of Ada M. Gillam, of 2, Woodcote Rd., Portswood, Southampton.Service Life:
Campaigns:
- The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.
| Unit / Ship / Est.: HMS Egmont |
Mike: HMS Achilles a Broadside ironclad built at Chatham Dockyard, HMS Achilles was a modified design of the Warrior. HMS Achilles was the largest Sail ship in the Royal navy at that time it was also the only four masted warship. laid down on the 1st August 1861, and launched on the 26th November 1863 and completed 26th November 1864. HMS Achilles seems to have been difficult to handle due to her size, but she maneuvered better than HMS warrior, in 1877 she became a barque rig and her sea going duties ended in1885, She became a base ship in 1902 and renamed HMS Hibernia, and her name changed again in 1904 to HMS Egmont, in 1918 she became HMS Egremont and her last change of name happened in 1919 as HMS Pembroke |
| Action : Naval Campaign |
Naval Campaign is defined as to include all sea operations where attrition rates are in ones and twos and which do not fall within specific naval battles such as Jutland, Coronel, Falklands etc. This includes Merchant Navy losses.
Detail :
Southampton Cenotaph shows:
"Henry was a Lieutenant in the Royal Naval Reserves Brigade No 1, with HMS Egmont in Malta, a base for the Royal Navy in the Mediterranean. HMS Egmont was in fact a ‘Stone Frigate’ the nickname for a naval establishment on land; Egmont was renamed in 1933 as HMS St Angelo. While with Egmont, Henry ‘rendered very valuable services’. He was hit by a shell and died on 7 April 1918, aged 42.
He is the only First World War casualty buried at the Porto Empedocle Communal Cemetery in Sicily, looked after by the Commonwealth War Graves. "
Masonic :
| Type | Lodge Name and No. | Province/District : |
|---|---|---|
| Mother : | Walter Rodwell Wright No. 2755 E.C. | Hampshire & IOW |
Initiated | Passed | Raised |
19th March 1918 | - | - |
The register of the Lodge at the United Grand Lodge of England shows "Killed in Action April 1918", just a few days after his initiation into Freemasonry.
Source :
The project globally acknowledges the following as sources of information for research across the whole database:
- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- The (UK) National Archives
- Ancestry.co.uk - Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History online
- ugle.org.uk - The records of the United Grand Lodge of England including the Library and Museum of Freemasonry
Additional Source:
- Founder Researchers : Paul Masters & Mike McCarthy
- Researcher : Bruce Littley