SILLS S.

Samuel Sills 

Private 50006

8th Bn., Lincolnshire Regiment

Notts Free Press, 10th May 1918

Samuel Sills died on Friday 5 April 1918, aged 26 years, and is remembered on the ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France.

He was born 25th June 1891, on Alfreton Road, Sutton-in-Ashfield. His parents were William and Sarah Sills. He was married to Mrs Frances Sills (formerly Herring). 

At the time of his enlistment he was living at 97 Meden Bank, Stanton Hill, Skegby. He is also commemorated on the Sutton-in-Ashfield War Memorial.

Notts Free Press, 10th May 1918

Notts Free Press - In Memoriam - 10th May 1918

Sills - In loving memory of Private Samuel Sills (8th Lincolns) of Sutton, killed in action, April 15th 1918. "Until the day break". - From his sorrowing Brothers and Sisters.

From ‘Soldiers who died in the Great War 1914-19 – Lincolnshire Regiment’

SILLS Samuel. Born Sutton-in-Ashfield, Notts, enlisted Sutton-in-Ashfield. 8th Bn., Lincolnshire Regt.,  Private 50006, Killed in Action, France & Flanders, 5th April 1918.

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Research by Heather Faulkes