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Name: GILL, William Bridson (Rev.)

Birth Date: 18 Jan 1875 Douglas, Isle of Man, bapt. 6 June

Death Date: 6 Nov 1946 Sturmer, Suffolk

First Date: 1904

Profession: CMS missionary

Area: Uganda, Mengo, EAHB 1906 Mityana

Married: 1. In Namirembe, Uganda 25 Jan 1909 Lilian Harriet Moore, missionary, b. 1880 Burnham, Somerset, d. 2.6.1936 London; 2. In Bedford 1941 Sybil Maud Waller, nurse, bapt. 10 June 1895 Chelmsford

Children: Bettina Nora (21 Oct 1912 Namirembe); Derek; Doreen; Noel (24 Dec 1916); Ian; Kathleen

Book Reference: Drumkey, Red 22, EAHB 1906, CMS, Medals, North, EAHB 1907

General Information:

Red 22 - Hoima
CMS - 1904 - Age 29. Of Douglas, Isle of Man. Decorator. Born at Douglas, Isle of Man. Douglas High School. 1900 Prep. Instn.; 1901 CM Coll.; 1904 1st Cl. Oxf. and Camb. Prelim. Theol. Exam (distinction in Hebrew); April 19 Accepted as Missionary CMS; May 29 Deacon by Bp. Lond. and 1905 June 18 Priest by Bp. Uganda. 1904 Oct 7 Depart for Uganda Mission - Singo - Mityana
Medals - East African Ecclesiastical Department - Chaplain Captain
Drumkey 1909 - CMS Uganda - Mengo High School
Gazette 24 June 1947 - probate
Freemason 1919 at Entebbe
1939 England and Wales Register living, as widower, in The Rectory, Halstead, Essex, with Bettina and Noel.

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