Commemorated: | |||
| 1. Memorial: | Le Touquet Railway Crossing Cemetery | A.1 | |
| 2. Book: | The (1921) Masonic Roll of Honour 1914-1918 | Pg.123 | |
Awards & Titles: | |||
Family :
Son of Howard and Helen Gilliat, of Stragglethorpe Old Hall, Newark-on-Trent. Resident at The Albany. W. (1913).Service Life:
Campaigns:
- The Second Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902, South Africa.
- The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.
| Unit / Ship / Est.: 1st Battalion The Rifle Brigade |
1st Battalion August 1914 : at Colchester. Part of 11th Brigade in 4th Division. 23 August 1914 : landed at Le Havre. |
| Action : The Battle of Armentieres |
13 October - 2 November 1914.The battle of Armentieres was one of a series of battles that in 1914 constituted the so called 'Race to the Sea', a series of outflanking moves where the Germans and the British/French Armies sought to turn the flank of the other as the moved towards the English Channel. As the momentum slowed, the contacts evolved into trench warfare.It was closely linked with the Battles of Messines and La Bassee. Following the capture of Armentieres on 17th October 1914 the British were forced on the defensive.
Detail :
CAPTAIN OTHO CLAUDE SKIPWITH GILLIAT, 1st BATTN. RIFLE BRIGADE, (THE PRINCE CONSORT'S OWN), Born on the 7th December, 1881, at Buckingham Gate, London, S.W., was the son of the late Howard Gilliat, of Abbot's Ripton Hall, Huntingdon, and of Mrs. Howard Gilliat. He was educated at Golden Parsonage, Cheam, and at Eton, where he was in the Cricket XI in 1899, and in the Field XI in 1898 and 1899. He was also a member of the Free Foresters, I Zingari, Eton Ramblers, and Green Jackets Cricket Clubs. Proceeding to the R.M.C., Sandhurst, he joined the 4th Battalion Rifle Brigade in January 1901. He served in the South African War, being present during operations in the Orange River and Cape Colonies, receiving the Queen's medal with three clasps. From 1908-09 he was A.D.C. to Admiral Sir F. Bedford, in Western Australia, and to Earl Dudley, Governor-General from 1909-11, in which year he became Captain. He retired from the Regular battalion, and joined the 5th Battalion, but on the outbreak of the Great War he rejoined the Regular Army, proceeding to France with the 1st Battalion. He was shot through the heart by a shrapnel bullet on the 30th October, 1914. Captain Gilliat, who was a member of the Army and Navy Club, was a golf player, handicap "scratch. He was unmarried.
Masonic :
| Type | Lodge Name and No. | Province/District : |
|---|---|---|
| Mother : | Foxhunters No. 3094 E.C. | London |
Initiated | Passed | Raised |
11th December 1913 | 12th March 1913 | - |
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